.break.

.clearwater, fl.

since i stuck around thursday and friday and did school work instead of enjoying spring blink, i decided to go and visit my cousins in tampa on saturday into today. i was really anxious about going, because i knew how much work i had to do, it was a 3 hour drive, and i was going to lose an hour to daylight savings time, but honestly, i really really needed to do it. i'm really glad i did. i caught up with cousin cindy and got acquainted with her 2 year old emi, who i haven't seen since her baptism. it was super awesome, and she couldn't help remarking how good it is to have family around. i agree, although i consider my friends family, so i was thinking more of loved ones back home. then we went to lunch at bahama breeze, which wow, is actually in wayne, nj now. well anyway, yeah, this one was along the water. so so pretty. i didn't get a picture of it, but hopefully cindy will hook me up w/ the one she took on her iphone. then picked my cousin welo, and the 4 of us went over to clearwater. so pretty! i wish we had more time there. i will definitely have to make a repeat visit. as i put my feet into the water, i realized that the last time i had touched water from the gulf, was when i was in cancun for spring break 7 years ago. dang. i got to meet up w/ some transplant friends from jersey, and we had some sushi which still doesn't compare to half-priced u-yee's. it just feels so much better on the stomach and the wallet. called it a night, and was very disoriented this morning with the time change.
on the way to our brunch, emi and i did a photo shoot. this is just one of many.
cindy said that when i left, she was tearing up a bit. too cute. i raced back to st. augustine after lunch to catch the 6pm mass and so i'm finally home after some grocery shopping to brace myself for this week. exam tomorrow, debate on wednesday, and 2 practicals thursday. please pray for me as i hold on to my ponties.