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I’ve been in Texas for a week now and it. is. awesome. If you asked me three years ago if I thought TX was awesome I would have told you hell no. But it is. Oh but it is. I had a full day of painful food ingestion and a ridiculous amount of exercise. Fortunately, I performed those in reverse order. I went to the most wonderful Thundercloud on Guadalupe for lunch, got my eyebrows done by a very nice Iranian woman located on the Drag and then bought some shorts for 2.88 at Academy on Brodie Lane. After that, my sister-in-law invited me to do her 6 mile walk down Slaughter Lane before dinner. I survived the walk although I will be in severe pain tomorrow. We then went out for a late supper at Polvo’s on South First Street. I drank lots of cheap margaritas and enjoyed their incredible fajita beef tacos.

Tomorrow, I’m going to my hometown to help my mom get ready for her Labor Day party. This will involve lots of cooking, drinking and shopping. I’m such a girl but this sounds like lots of fun. However, my mom invited some of my high school classmates and I’m not really sure what to think of that. We’ll see what happens.

By the way, when I went walking today, the temperature was 89 outside and I though “Wow, this is cool for August!”

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Danny, Daniel and I made it back to Texas late last night. My internship ended a week ago and since then I’ve been hanging out with my brother in Seattle. We did a ton of stuff including a two-day trip to Vancouver. The point is, I’m free! Ha ha, free until my condensed direct marketing class starts on 9/10. No more 9-5, no more commute, just vacation.

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I only have three more days left before my 3 week vacation begins. Whoohoo! My internship ends on Friday and my brother arrives on Saturday evening. One of my friends is having a 30th birthday pub crawl on Saturday night so I think we’ll meet her and her husband at that sometime around 8pm. In other words, the weekend is shaping up. I’m really excited about my brother’s visit and that he’ll get to meet most of my (drunken) friends.

Strange: I have no less than four internship exit interviews this week. I’m really glad that they want to know what I thought of my time but seriously? What’s the deal? I’ve met a lot of cool people during my time at work so I appreciate their effort. I’m just wondering if it’s part of their job requirements or if it’s something else. I guess I’ll find out soon.

Pub Club this week should be awesome. It’s a going-away gathering for everyone going abroad this fall. We’re having it at one of my favorite bars: a Japanese izakaya downtown. Everything is fried and tasty. How can I not like it?

I’m excited for my friends but so sad! Some of my very best friends will be gone for four months. If I had time off, I’d go visit them in Spain, Shanghai and Hong Kong. It will be weird not having them around but seriously? I’ll be fine. We’ll still have two more quarters together before it’s time to get real jobs and start paying back loans.

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Tonight I met my winter quarter team for dinner and drinks. Even though our quarter ended in early March, it has taken us five months to find time to meet again as a team. We had a wonderful homemade curry dinner plus dessert. I had no idea how much I missed my friends until we were all gathered together again dishing about our internships and lamenting the loss of Kien to Shanghai for the fall quarter. Coming together at the end of a short summer made me realize how short our stint in grad school really is. At the end of fall quarter last year we all cringed at the thought of having five more just like it. Now I cringe at the thought of being done in less than a year! I have a lot to do and not much time left. If I want time to do it all and have time to play I’d better learn to survive without sleep.

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I can’t think of anything clever to say, so here’s a rundown of what I did this week.

For some reason, I had a very very long week. It was productive and pretty fun but it just went on forever. It did end though, with a great vacation. Yesterday morning, Danny and I got up early and drove to Anacortes to catch the ferry to San Juan island. Our ferry was only 1/2 an hour late and we got to the island by 1:30. We had a wonderful trip and finished it off this morning with a 60 minute private flight in a small plane over the San Juan Islands. I’d never been in a small plane before and I was pleasantly surprised. It was kind of a phobia I’ve had my whole life. I decided to just get over it and do something unnatural for me. We had such a good time. The weather was clear and Danny got plenty of photos. I’ll post them soon. Until then, I’m off to bed and working for the man.

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