Relief

My midterm is at last over, although sadly I did not get to go to Houston this past weekend. I've been sick all week and didn't want to get anyone sick.

Instead of going to Houston together, Mom and I spent a really nice afternoon together up in McKinney's Downtown square. We looked at antiques and ate lunch at "The Opera House". The food was really scrumptious I would recommend it to anyone.

Before I move on to Saturday, let me jump back to Thursday night. During the Post exam Euphoria I headed out to a club with some of my friends from the PhD. Monica, Seungwon, and Dirk joined me for a fun and frivolous evening at Time Square. I had never been there before (which is really weird because it is about 3 minutes from my house.) I truly realized my lameness when I discovered that both Dirk (a guy in the finance PhD from Germany) and Monica ( a fellow IS PhD from India) had both been to this club before. I mean really, I've lived here my entire life and I haven't made it there...Dirk has only been here since August and I think he knows of more cool places than me.

Sadly, the dimensia could not continue. Just before we left for the club, I found out one of my very dear friends, Shweta, was in the hospital here in Plano. On Friday, Monica and I were able to go visit her, and we discovered that here condition was much improved. We were really worried not only for our friend but because she is a few months pregnant with her first baby. She is still not fully recovered and I am thinking of her condition and hoping for improvement soon.

FYI Erica and I have discussed having a Halloween party...any interest?