Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Everyone! I finally made it home. This is one of my favorite holidays of the year, because so many family traditions are embedded in it. My mom’s side of the family is mostly Irish (there’s a little Polish thrown in there somewhere), so we have been eating traditional Irish foods and attending the parades for many years now. This is the first time I have been home for St. Patty’s day in a while. Usually I have finals, but this year I am home sweet home, and it has not disappointed.

Today, the color green takes over my house. My mom goes all out on March 17th. There is a Leprechaun in every room, and we even have green flowers! We are doing things a little different this year since my little brother’s High School musical is opening tonight. I made a dinner of corned beef and cabbage. It’s amazing. I live at school for nine months out of the year and cannot find the time to make anything more than pasta on the stove, but I’m home 24 hours, and I’m making an Irish dinner. I have many memories from pass St. Patrick’s Days. My grandmother, on more than one occasion, used to also make corned beef and cabbage for all of us little grandkids. It was a reason to get together and celebrate out heritage. My mom also had an Irish festival up on the boardwalk to raise money for the local Pt. Pleasant foundation. We had a live band – comprised of members of our family of course – and lots of little Irish dancers. PS. My child will be an Irish dancer. Just warning you all now. These parties will forever be part of some of my best High School memories. Some say that today is a day for a lot of people to get together and drink until they pass out, and don’t get me wrong – that’s part of it – but it is also a day to celebrate where we come from, and to spend time with those who are closest to us – and eat some really good food! I really hope I don’t screw up dinner.

Since I’m home, you all can assume that my airport fiasco ended yesterday. I finally flew into Newark at 10 am. I was so relieved to finally get home. I kept my hair appointment and paid way too much money for awesome hair. I’m so happy I got it done though. My ends were literally turning into straw - it was embarrassing. I now have healthy hair that is ready to go out on the town. Even though this weekend was a tad stressful, I needed the downtown to do nothing. I knew that the minute I came home I would not stop for two weeks. My intuition has not failed me. I was very busy yesterday, and today I slept in, went running, showered, ate lunch, started dinner, and here I am blogging, waiting for dinner to be ready. These days fly by! I barely have time to eat breakfast before I’m running out the door. By the way, running outside in Point for the first time since last summer was a literal breath of fresh air! My town is perfect for running, and there are not too many hills, so I don’t die ten minutes in either. It’s nice to be active, and I’m so excited to see all the people I’ve missed tonight. The good things about St. Patrick’s Day, the opening night of the High School musical, and my town, is that everyone knows each other, everyone makes it a point to get out and be social, and everyone wears the green. It’s going to be a fun night!

Have a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day!

<3 Peace, Love, and Four-Leaf Clovers to all! <3