Today was a beautiful day. The weather turned a bit chillier, but it was still gorgeously sunny, which was wonderful after yesterday’s gloom. I went to class, had lunch at the slop truck with my E206 group, then we headed to Aaron’s to work on our project for a while. I then mailed my dad’s birthday present (so that it will get there on Tuesday, which is his birthday), and made cookies for dessert at Breakers tonight. I talked to both Mom and Dad on the phone; Mom got the flowers I sent her for her birthday (which is tomorrow) and loved them, which made me happy.
Then Nick and I headed into San Francisco for the ballet! I bought him a ticket as his Christmas present. It was really fun, and Nick absolutely loved it, which made me feel great. I love getting people presents that I know they will really like. Our seats were in the last row of the orchestra section so we had a great view, and the shows (we saw three separate ballet pieces) were all great. The first was a light-hearted piece in which dancers portrayed all the different instruments in an orchestra. The second was set to a half dozen Chopin piano pieces. And the third was three movements that evoked the feel of being in a large city. All very cool.
Afterwards, we came back down to Stanford and went to Denny’s and made plans to spend this summer doing odd jobs in a big city like San Francisco, or New York. I actually think that would be an awesome thing to do, so maybe if Nick has nothing to do and I push my start date in Houston until late August, we could actually do it. Maybe it’s a pipe dream…but maybe not.
