so my summer so far has been a nice melange of high heels, awkward small talk and yummy food. fun stuff.
on thursday i flew to LA for my sisters graduation after some last minute storage nonsense and airport craziness. there was a reception dinner that night for all the graduates and their families, where i figured out that making small talk on 2 hours of sleep is quite difficult. so is keeping your balance. but the three-flavor mousse cake was really really good!
friday morning was commencement. the weather decided to cooperate and give us some rain to keep the bouquets alive. highlight of friday was stephen chu's (US secretary of energy) speech about sustainability and the importance of science and being the change you wish to see in the world and nerd empowerment and all that good stuff. but no, seriously, his speech was amazing. (i just cant remember how exactly he phrased things right now, but it was better than that.)
that night was dinner with my great aunt and great uncle who i didnt know existed until maybe 5 years ago. theyre very sweet, even when deploring the fact that i didnt end up at pomona because they live in claremont, maybe two minutes away from campus. but i told them that i wouldnt have met all the awesome people at stanford if i had gone to pomona, and then my life would have been a huge gaping void.
saturday was dedicated to helping my sister pack, and getting lots of yummy japanese food. apparently the newest food fad in SoCal is roll sushi with lots of stuff/sauce piled on top and an exotic name, like the "heart attack roll" or the "kamikaze roll." yay for food with morbid names. though i must admit, some of them were very good.
now its sunday and, one extremely bumpy plane ride later, i'm finally home! tomorrow i go back to my old (wushu-ful) life. i'm excited to see my old friends again, and i can't wait to see you guys even though thats not gonna be for a while. in the meantime, keep the posts coming :)
4 comments:
hope you get to catch up on sleep now!
What is wonderful is that as I read this I pictured you smiling the whole time with the occasional "weeeeeeeeeeee!"
And I just pictured you riding your bike in a circle around me, making same said noise. =)
with nicole on this one!
Plus i remember the crazy circling around we did on our bikes, and nicole's graceful interpretation of the move ;P
love you roomie!
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