Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time

I love having visitors! My sister, Jason and Katie were the first to see where I live. They were here when I was scared and excited at the same time. When Katie left I was depressed but ready to enjoy Tennessee. Amy came a week later and all I was doing then was sun bathing and reading Harry Potter. But now school has started, stress is piling up and NOW is the perfect time for a visitor. There is no better guest than my mother! She has been my best friend since birth and is still to this day the only person I just can't lie to. As a kid, if anything happened in school or around the house I knew I would get in trouble for, I called my mother immediately. I found that if I told her first she was less mad than if she found out later. I loved to surprise my mother with things I would do around the house. One day I decided to shampoo the carpets. I did that a lot for extra money, but I decided to just be nice this time. I realized that we never clean under the couch, so tired to move it out of the way to do a thorough job. Well, I dented the wall trying to use it as leverage. I tried everything to fix that dent. I spackled and painted, but it was still obvious. So I called mom at work crying to tell her the news. She was very calm and said, "How can I be mad at you when you were trying to be helpful?" She is still the first person I call when I am sick, scared about a test, or just feel lonely. This picture was taken at a fall harvest festival. I believe this is the festival that I got stung inside my mouth by a bee enjoying my soda.
I haven't seen her since the beginning of July, and since I have never lived more than an hour away from her, that's a long time! It was my mother's choice to not see me before I left, I think it would have been too hard for her. So today I have a list of things to do to get ready for my special guest. I must buy lots of wine, (the Unga-Chunga family LOVES to drink wine and stay up late) and buy some food since I'm assuming my mother doesn't want to eat ramine noodles and frozen lean pockets! I usually keep my apartment rather neat, though I will wash the sheets and scrub down the bathroom. Here are our weekend plans;
Friday night- Her flight arrives around 11:30 pm. That is really late for my mother so I'm not excepting much from her tonight.
Saturday morning- I know we'll be waking up early (that's what mom's do) and get ready for our day. We are having lunch with RugDesigner and her husband around 11:30. I really can't wait to finally meet her! After lunch, mom and I plan to go to a birthday BBQ at a family friend's house. I hoping on Saturday night to get her to come downtown and listen to some music, we'll see how tired she is.
Sunday- We will most likely sit by the pool (if Rita doesn't give us rain) and relax.