Post-Easter

Megan's awesome-colored egg

Well, Easter was great... a few weeks ago!  I did some egg painting with Mom, my sister, my sister's friend, and my niece the week before Easter Sunday.  On Friday the 6th, I headed to Oswego to visit a girlfriend of mine (pictures from last Easter in one of my April 5th blogs of her and her brother).  We spent the night at her parents' house, and had a nice dinner/movie night, and then ran "family errands" the next day until I left around 4:00pm to head back to Albany.

When I got home, I went to see a Beatles tribute band at The Egg in Albany, where my brother works.  I figured a free concert would be nice :)  Unfortunately, the guys looked just about nothing like the Beatles, and their performance was only so-so.  But I still enjoyed my company, and, like I said.. it was free for me.

Easter Sunday morning, Mom, Christen (sister), Kelcey (niece), and I went to 11:15am mass; Christen and Kelcey came to Mom's afterward, to find the things the Easter Bunny left for us there; then "brunch" at 3:00pm with my brother (Jon), my sister's fiance, and my mom's sister's family of six.  Unfortunately, the food was cold and unsatisfying, but it's kind of the one day of the year that you're happy anyway! :)  I ended up staying home the entire next week because of a few things that came up.

Kelcey, holding the egg I made for her

Sadly, my cousin's (the one I share my apartment with out in Rochester) grandmother on her father's side passed away in Albany, so she and her boyfriend came into town for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  The wake was on Tuesday evening, and the funeral was Wednesday morning.  After the funeral, we all went to a reception at one of the nearby hotels for lunch, and to celebrate her long, loving, happy, amazing life!

I then had a much-need, long-awaited hair appointment on Thursday afternoon, and treated myself (with a gift certificate I received from someone years ago) at a day spa near my hometown on Monday morning.  It was a nice chuck of change I was given for the certificate, so I was able to get a massage, a facial, AND a manicure.  Finally, I drove back here to Western New York on Monday evening after my day spa treatment and packing.

I substituted in the middle school/high school from Tuesday to Friday, and now here we are. WOAH.  Of course, I'm still applying to three or more jobs a day, either in person, online, or through snail mail and/or email.  So far, 'haven't heard anything since my offer from Florida, so it's still a bit nerve-racking and frustrating.  But, I'll get there eventually!!!

Wish me luck!  I'm keeping my head up, even in the toughest of times.  God's got me set--I just hope sooner rather than later!! :)