memorial day

happy memorial day. happy no work day. happy lounge around and have a bbq day. happy lazy monday.

this weekend flew by. and thank goodness it was a 4 day weekend for me b/c i needed today just to relax and do nothing and not have any plans.

the graduation was nice. short, to the point, and then over. that was good. i know nothing could be as painful as my graduation from pharmacy school. and my parents must be happy that they only need to attend one more graduation next year. too bad that one is in east los angeles. haha.

the dinner at vito's was fantastic, as expected. that was my second time there, and it was delicious. we had fried calamari, bruschetta, fried cheese, mozzarella/tomatoes for appetizers. elise was nice enough to share her capers and anchovies with us for our bread. and i went to town on my farfalle with prosciutto and peas. and then there was cake, white cake with chocolate mousse filling and butter cream frosting, to top it all off. oh my goodness, so tasty! my stomach is starting to growl as i type this.

yesterday mike and i accomplished some necessary shopping in preparation for new zealand. we had a 20% off coupon at sports basement that mike got at his apple irun/walk event. so, we did some serious damage and took full advantage of that coupon. we ended up getting our luggage, as well as some waterproof running gear, and a couple more convertible pants for mike. we saved a ton, so we were happy with our loot. then, afterwards, we came home, took a short nap, and went back down to san jose for dinner with my family.

with all these purchases, things are starting to feel more "real". i mean, starting to feel like we really need to ramp up on our moving process. it is hard to believe that we are already in our last week of may, and we only have one more month living here in mountain view. then we will be in a total transitional period in san jose before we leave the country. it is a strange feeling to get a hold of for me.

today, we are going to have an "us" day. we have spent this whole weekend running around with family, that we are tired of driving, so we are going to try and walk or bike everywhere today. perhaps we will go to the movies, maybe i will actually try to pack a little or clean my desk. hopefully, we will just have a lazy, relaxing day. oh, and we have to book our germany tickets today.