Happy Birthday, Nanny!

My dearest most wonderful grandma would have had her 20th birthday today. Happy birthday, Nanny! I hope you are celebrating with Papa and all the angels.

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Quick update on life:

**Viennese Ball**
Viennese Ball was extraordinary. I had so much fun performing for the opening ceremony, and it was so magical to float across the ballroom floor with Eric. He is so wonderful. The performance itself was stunning. Everything was smooth and graceful and I felt just like a princess in my beautiful white gown. Props to Tina and Kari and Jeremy for the choreography and for being such incredible teachers. It was truly stunning! My aunt and uncle and cousin got to come up from San Jose to see the performance, and that was really special. My father and his wife were supposed to come to the performance as well, but they didn't make it. I know I should be used to that by now, but for some reason I always hang on to this teeniest tiniest hope that maybe just this once he'll pull through for me. Owell. The rest of the evening far outshone that disappointment. The whole production of it was just so much fun! After the performance I felt like a diplomat for the Viennese Ball. I was introduced to a number of important people and this husband and wife who were alumni from the 1940s and I graciously shook their hands and said "we are so pleased to have you at the Viennese Ball." all elegant-like. Hearing myself speak I almost made myself laugh out loud! It was like in my pretty white dress I was this other person entirely. Of course, I would make an absolutely terrible diplomat because I can never remember people's names. Eep!

**The rest of the weekend**
Saturday I slept in soooo late. Oh my goodness. I woke up in the PM. Can you believe it?! I don't know when was the last time I did that! I was a bit loopy when I woke up, too, because I had just awaken from a dream about dancing and then I realized it was really late and for some reason that was just so hilarious to me. Maria commented that I looked pretty scary and then I looked in the mirror and realized my hair was going every which way and I started cracking up. You can always count on roommates to lift you up. =P

Then I went downtown to hang out with a couple of friends from freshman and sophomore year -- Chris, a graduated chem phD student, and Lisa who is a fifth year. It is amazing how people just, well, stay the same. I guess that's good and bad. Well, you'd have to know who I'm talking about to understand, I suppose. Anyways, it was interesting to meet up with them again.

Saturday afternoon, Eric's parents arrived from LA to visit for parent's weekend. It was really fun to see them again. It is incredible to me what a close family they are. I love that! It is just so right. They took me and Tina and Jeff (Eric's roommate) out to a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. The last time I went to the Cheesecake Factory was I think sometime in highschool (in SF) and I forgot how incredible it is. Such good food! After dinner I stayed and chat with Eric and his parents in his dorm room. They are just so sweet. It is also funny because I understand more about how Eric is Eric after being with his parents. Hee hee...

**Now**

I just talked with my bestest high school friend, Joey! He called to remind me of our Leap Year Anniversary. Who knows why, but he remembered that four years ago on Leap Year he and I and a handful of other friends from our senior class in high school cut classes all day in honor of Leap Year! I think our reasoning was that it was our extra day and wasn't no way that school was going to take that from us! We rented videos and played Smash Bros. Tee hee! Ahhh, memories...

Eep!! So much work! Oh dear, my little procrastination went much longer than I intended. Hm... well, it felt good to get that all out, so there you go. Okay, goal: finish with biochem problem set by midnight. Devote all of tomorrow to studying for pchem. Wish me luck!!