thanks. :]

thanks for the birthday wishes girls. :]

i had a good day. unfortunately, it was my day to be randomly called upon in biophys and i was totally zoned out when he asked the question, but i made it through somehow. [in other words... james told me what to say. ha.] liz told me i should probably stop by the lab before we went to lunch, and i was surprised by a cute card and an amazing cake made by sharon [our "lab mom"] when i got there. then james, liz & i went to lunch at the sup, one of our favorite little lunch places. after getting some work done in the lab, i planned a little dinner at olive garden. i couldn't decide where i wanted to eat, but that's always a good option. so mom, james, liz, erin, radhika, & i had a nice little dinner. after dinner, james had to go take helix out, and erin had some homework, so liz, radhika & i had some tea and met up with jordan, who works in my lab, to see juno again.

so yeah. it was pretty much a perfect day. the only thing that would have made it better is if my dad didn't have to work and my sister could have come for a visit. but all things considered, it was a nice day.

oh. my mom & dad gave me a sewing machine! well. i'm going to the little bernina store with my mom sometime this week to pick it out, but she picked up the brochure and wrapped it up for me. so cute. :]

also some other updates:

i forgot to mention that my dad had to be cardioverted again last week. it seems to happen a lot around my birthday. :/ but he's doing fine now, and we're just hoping this time it will last. it had only been six weeks since the last time, so that was a little frustrating, especially to my dad.

my grandma told me that my grandpa had started participating in a drug trial for his prostate cancer. so for the first 6 months he may or may not be receiving the treatment (1 in 3 patients will have a placebo) and after the initial 6 months if things look promising, then everyone can have the treatment. the alternative was more chemo, and he wasn't feeling up for that. i am really hopeful about this for him. luckily, he is still in pretty good health considering his cancer has metastasized, but i really hope this drug will have a good outcome.