Happy Birthday, Mom!

I want to wish Mom a very happy birthday! I hope it's been a great one. Love you, Mom!

Sarah, as everyone else has said - this is a great idea! I'm glad I finally got in. I don't know how I missed the invitation the first time around.

I just got back from an unexpected trip to Chicago! One of my cousins (on my dad's side) was having a party at her house in Elgin, so my dad called a couple nights ago and asked if I wanted to go. I hadn't seen most of my relatives for 5 years, so it was great to see everyone. While we were there, my dad, Eric, and I also went to the Plantarium and to the King Tut exhibit at the Field Museum - that was really cool!

At work, I am currently in the throws of orientation. Tomorrow and Tuesday in particular will likely resmble utter chaos despite all my planning. The reason being that we will probably get around 250 students checking in tomorrow and maybe 350 on Tuesday. It's always hard to tell, but we are expecting up to 1000 new international students this fall! It's exciting, but very stressful and exhausting.

Well, I'll leave it at that for my first post. I need to relax for the little time I have left before I need to go to bed!