it was very good to hang with my family again. ever since i took that road trip, i miss my silverton life more and more. nix that, i don't miss my life there, i miss the people in my life there. but, this too shall pass... as soon as school starts again. i have a little homework, but i'll be able to get it done. god! school starts again soon! i'm going crazy! long breaks can be good and bad. good=lots of time off. bad=lots of time to do nothing but sit and think (which reminds me of a violent femmes song called "country death song" in which the speaker of the song kills his youngest daughter by throwing her in a well...)