Back from Jersey

Well the weekend in Jersey was a lot of fun, and it was great to be able to spend time with Jane. With nothing going on here, I’ve really missed her.

I got in around 7 on Friday night. There was a little bit of delay because of rain, but most of the trouble that was causing was further north, so I was only pushed back by half an hour. Jane’s mom and brother were at the Baccalaureate Mass that night so Jane and I just got to relax and watch Frasier. We ordered Chinese food, because Jane swears up and down that the Chinese in Jersey is better than the stuff in South Bend. An astronomical accomplishment. It was nice to just hang out for a bit, and not get thrown immediately into the family festivities that would follow.

Saturday was the big graduation. Chester, Jane’s brother, had a much nicer ceremony than I did because he had a class of only about 60 guys. I don’t mean having a class that’s a fifth the size of mine makes the ceremony better because it’s shorter so much as it makes the ceremony nicer because you have other options for venues aside from a hockey arena. Chester’s ceremony actually took place in a very pretty little church near the high school.

After the graduation, we went to the party at the Hilton where, apparently, Jane had held her sweet sixteen party. I got to meet a whole slough of friends and relatives that I hadn’t met at Thanksgiving, and luckily for me I thought, the one’s I had met at Thanksgiving were very nice to me. There were probably 70 people at this party, so it was quite the event. The party included a killer dinner, featuring delicious ravioli, and a pretty solid DJ. I wasn’t too sure about breaking out the dance moves for the Baker family, but I think it went over pretty well, and there are actually few times I can get Jane to dance with me for very long, so I was glad that she was up for it this time.

We stayed over at the hotel that night and the next day had a poolside lunch before coming back home. Jane and I had both spaced on swimsuits, so we were only able to put our legs in the water, but it was a gorgeous day, so it was still nice. The highlight of the afternoon seemed to be the man who flashed everyone at the pool in a failed attempt to change from his swimwear (boxers) to his shorts.

When we came back to Jane’s house we did more Chinese for dinner and watched Airplane, then afterwards we played Disney Scene It and then Scrabble with her mom and aunt. It was a pretty wild night.

This morning was my last day there. Jane actually had a test in one of her classes, so she had to go to school. I went with her and was just going to hang out in the library and finish Fool until she was done, but unfortunately I was thrown out of said library long before Jane’s test was over. They claimed that the Library didn’t open until 8, but seeing as it was 7:59 when they kicked me out, I think they could just tell I was up to no good.

Once the test was over, and we got back home, we didn’t have time for much more than lunch and heading to the airport for my return trip.

Overall the trip was a great time, but it was a bummer leaving Jane and coming back to an empty house. I kept getting asked whether I thought Jane’s family was crazier than mine, but I don’t think that her family really had a shot at that. Not in one weekend at least.

Speaking of which I should probably go; I have someone who I need to wish Happy Birthday!