excited because...
1) i'm heading off to san francisco tomorrow morning! i've never seen the pacific before, so i'm stoked. plus, i haven't seen shokufeh for way too long now, so it will be wonderful to catch up. plans include eating meat with sam while shokufeh eats veggie food with a bunch of girls (haven't discussed with him, but i suspect he will be quite pleased), renting a car and exploring napa valley, reliving my childhood at the esprit outlet, and taking a bike ride through golden gate park. but meisa, you say, you don't know how to ride a bike! if they have them, we're going to try out tandem bikes to see if i can fare any better with someone else to help out.
2) labor day weekend shutdown of all chemistry facilities at NU, thereby making #1 possible. plus this means guilt-free vacay for me.
3) cynthia, my wonderful, fabulous, awesome college roommate just bought a plane ticket to come visit in october. cynthia has long deserved a blog entry dedicated to her. it will be coming soon.