is the weekend already over?? it's monday, and what a monday it's been! and it's only 10:30 in the morning...work's been a little harder to deal with ever since i've found out about school. in some ways, it's easier since i see the light at the end of the tunnel, but in other ways it's harder 'cuz i wanna get out of here!

at least the weekend was pretty good. on thursday i got to meet kaylee...such a little cutie! such a little curious puppy! i wonder how dodger is...

so yes, we westsiders must bid farewell to mel and kris. they moved down to oc on friday the fourth...no more last minute inviting-myself-over-after-work-and-getting-tito's-or-thai, gone are the birthday celebrations, settlers of cattan/mighty nights at their apartment, no more ice cream mel got on sale at ralphs for a penny...sigh. just for one year, right? i think i might be able to handle that...

later on thursday my life group took me out to celebrate the ucla thing...went to dinner in k-town and then a cafe for dessert. it was nice not having to go to work the next day...

on friday, a bunch of us hung out at kenny's place in calabasas...bbq and fireworks. i don't remember the last time i went to go watch fireworks on the 4th. we ended up going to a random beach in malibu. we weren't really sure where to go for the show, so we just sat down and waited...turned out that we sat between two shows, so for a good portion of the time, we kept on turning our heads back and forth...like watching a tennis match, only it was worse because the shows were on opposite sides of us, so they were in completely separate fields of vision - i had to turn my head completely each time i heard something go off 'cuz i didn't want to miss anything. i'm surprised i didn't do something to my neck at the rate i was going. afterwards, we just hung out at kenny's...i really enjoyed hanging out with everybody...it was nice, especially when we just hang around and talk. it can be so much better than going out and doing things because we can actually talk. though i didn't really say much - it was mostly other people, but it was good conversation.

on saturday, i went to church and then hung out with my mom, which was good. there are a lot of times where i spend time with my mom and it just hits me that i won't always be able to spend time with her like that...

sunday i just vegged...at least i wiped down the floors and started to clean my bathroom, but other than that, i wasn't very productive at all. had dinner with esther at ihop after mosaic...good talk, though a bit sobering. we've become cynical and jaded in our old age...