a wonderful day

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.