Home Sweet Home

So, I'm finally back in York after a looooooooong semester at Tech. But I'm a senior & by this time next spring I'll be a graduate (scary eh?). But I think this post is going to be geared towards everything, good and bad, that I've missed about York.

1. Mack's Ice Cream -- not the best ice cream in the world, but it just brings back memories...it's a lot more fun getting ice cream there when you're not the one scooping it :) I go in there with my (way too many) years of experience and giggle as they train new people. It's good fun...and the ice cream is sweet. We had some today & I got my fav. flavor combo since I was a little kid, mint chocolate chip and raspberry -- and of course, Jasper licked the bottom of my bowl as usual.
2. Jasper -- my puppy dog. He's getting pretty blind, and it took more than a couple calls of his name to get him to come say hi. He's getting old, and it's sad. Yet, he's still that little chipper bichon who just gives the best welcome home ever.
3. The smell of Stauffer's cookies baking -- Stauffers isn't too far from my house & when the wind blows right you can smell cookies baking...it's yummy. And as I was driving up my street with the windows open, the wind was blowing just right...it was wonderful (even if mixed with a little bit of the paper mill in Spring Grove mixed in there)
4. Cities!! -- Blacksburg is in the middle of freaking nowhere and Roanoke can hardly be called a city, at least where night life is concerned. I love having downtown York (the nice parts) just a couple minutes away and Baltimore, Phili, and D.C. each within a reasonable distance for a day-long trip. I'm thinking I need to hit up the inner harbor and soon.
5. Baseball games -- yeah, I know that there are a few local teams down in Bburg (and I can always go watch the Hokies lose), but there's nothing like a York Revolution game. Actually, I have no idea, but I am totally going to a game this year. Gotta cheer on my ridiculously named local team :)
6. No classes -- Nuf said.
7. Family (last but the most important) -- I miss my brother like crazy when I'm down at Tech...he has this insane sense of humor that can get me laughing for days. Even when he was blasting his highly-inappropriate music after school today, I didn't have a problem with it. And of course, mom is mom...and I love her for it. And in addition to my immediate family, my neighbors around here are like this awesome extended family. I've lived in this house my entire life and my neighbors and I pretty much grew up together. So it's awesome being able to see them again...and I got to see Miss Mackenzie too. She's so freaking adorable.