LA was even more awesome!

going to UCLA was probably one of my best mini vacations since high school. i cannot tell you how many times minnie and i died. here are some highlights:

1) every single person minnie introduced me to thought i was younger than her, unless they knew me before..
for example..
P: are you a 1st year?
me: uh.. no.
P: 2nd year?
me: no.
P: 3rd?
me: nope.
P: visiting?
me: yup!
P: coming here next year?
me: errr.. no.. *SIGH*

2) but only three people actually mistook me for minnie.
K: [walks to seat in front of me, starts talking to me about some hw assignment, and sits down] D: um.. [taps K] do you know that's not minnie?
K: oh.. OH!

3) UCLA has large variety good food. they probably have the best dining hall i've ever been to. i mean, what other DH serves mousse, brownie goop or poop?, korean BBQ, udon, and sushi?

4) but don't worry! for all the food we consumed, we tried to make up for it with exercise! yay for running, tennis, and swimming! okay, maybe that wasn't enough for all the food we ate.. and dang, those old men are fast in the water.

5) spring sing is ucla's annual talent show. it's basically a concert featuring students. they were all so very talented and hilarious.. JULIE ANDREWS AND MELISSA JOAN HART were there too!

6) getting to see friends was super awesome too. =) thanks to the twins for their swipes!

7) the getty museum was fun! BB. BIG and BEAUTIFUL. i want to go again because we were barely there for two hours. opps!

8) minnie's room is known as the community room. basically anyone can go in at any time to do essentially whatever they wanted. and yes, they could borrow/take whatever they wanted. i'm not typing this to show her off, but i just want to share how i felt. ASTONISHED. i mean, many people, including myself, have a hard time giving up things that we "have." but here the room was.. full of "valuable" things.. and she didn't seem to mind what happened to them. actually i did notice that some items were missing. i'd ask minnie about it and she'd be like, "yeah it's probably being used by someone" [shrugs]. WOW.

9) this leads to me say that i've really enjoyed seeing minnie's college family. it's nice to see who God had blessed her with and to finally put a face to the great people i hear about. it's comforting to know that minnie is in a strong but challenging community. you're such an awesome provider, God!

there were a bunch of other little things that could be counted as highlights of the trip.. i'll quickly type the rest to finish up this post. 10) minnie and i discovered the funniest laugh, EVER. 11) scrapbooking awesomeness. 12) also discovered the funniest japanese video (type in japanese marshmallow on youtube) 13) mariage d'amour! 14) the weather was great!

i had a wonderful time. now i'm back in boston, with 1 night shift done and two more to go. yay?