Hey Fam! Didn't end up flying kites on Sunday, I went out to Long Island to Aunt Caroline's on Friday night and ended up staying the entire weekend. The whole family left on saturday morning to go to their Great Aunt's 90th birthday in the Catskills, but Peter stayed behind and we hung out all weekend... I watched a total of five college football games (it was me and Peter and four of his male friends, I was kind of outnumbered), but it was still fun to be around people. All of Peter's friends are really great, they had me laughing the entire time. And after I loosened up and made a fart joke they dubbed me officially "one of the guys." Good thing?

On Friday I met Hannah (Caroline's oldest daughter) in the city for coffee, and while we were there this woman came into Starbucks and asked us if we would like to be in the studio audience of Whatever With Alexis and Jennifer, a talk show on the hallmark channel hosted by Martha Stewart's daughter Alexis and her friend. I guess we looked like two girls who might enjoy dull smalltalk between two an uptight, highly medicated blonde and her over-compensating friend.

Turns out, we enjoyed it very much. Our big debut was today-- did anyone happen to be watching the hallmark channel this afternoon?

I got a job! I went to the staples copy center today and printed off 15 resumes and 15 cover letters and walked around the city distributing them. At about the fifth or sixth place I stopped, an Indian restaurant in the flatiron district (read, RICH and FAMOUS), they said that they were in fact looking for a hostess and was i available for an interview and how about coming back tonight for your first night of training? So I said yes, apprehensively, and showed up tonight and it was great and Norah Jones came in to dinner within my first hour there and I was told to expect Tyra Banks, Julia Roberts, Jimmy Fallon, Uma Thurman and Chelsea Clinton, among others. I will be working about 30 hours a week, and I go back for my second day of training tomorrow at 4:00. The name of the place is Tamarind, it's actually a big deal in the NYC restaurant scene-- The new york times talks about it a lot. Look it up online!

I am babysitting for Freyja and Katla this Friday evening, so I'm excited about that. They are the cutest kids.

I wrote a personal essay and submitted it to a website and if they publish it I will be getting paid. And also it would be exciting to be published. I should be hearing back within the next week or so.

Cailin, you are leaving for England soon! As in, tomorrow! I already miss you being in the states.

Mama, Hannah and I discovered this great wholesale jewelry store! I can't wait to go with you when you visit. All this jewelry that would sell for like 30 or fifty dollars at a boutique store for two or three dollars a piece! Oh my gosh, it is fantastic! Tonight at work I wore this necklace I got and had four compliments on it!

Love love love to the moon (and back again)

-Grady