PROs: $10 from mormor&morfar; downloading 36 songs on li'l cousins' new computer and burning two cds including that fabulous new li'l kim song ("the jump off"), dannii minogue's "put the needle on it," and lemonheads' "into your arms"; having a legitimate reason to smoke (familial stress); chamber of secrets dvd; spirited away dvd; driving 80 on winding backroads giving me that i'm-so-cool-this-must-be-a-car-commercial feeling; two words: party potatoes.

CONs: being reminded that while my mum's side of family are liberal, they are conservatively liberal (whereas dad's side is liberally conservative). grandparents fear terrorist attacks all the time...they live in the middle-of-nowhere. also, some sort of schpeel was made by morfar about illegal immigrants and border control. i did all i could not to shout, "hello pot... this is kettle... you're black."; lack of peeps; overabundance of flavoured coffee (ish); attending two church services, one being saturday night; dead, formerly-hooved things for main courses sans any sort of vegetarian option; 6 hours of total driving time; losing at video games to much younger cousin (although that may be a pro... jury is still out); and just because it really does deserve a second mention.... LACK OF PEEPS! my god, it just isn't easter without 'em; no NY Times = no sunday crossword = unhappy camper. v. unhappy camper.

so that was easter. in a nutshell. or eggshell, if you will. i think i actually came out ahead. (if you do not think so, you obviously underestimate my unbridled love for that li'l kim song.)