  Got the Josh Kelley CD. It's lovely. Thirteen tracks, plus four bonus ones on a separate EP. Mmm, pretty new music makes me smile. The APES final was much easier than I expected. Not only was the actual test mind bogglingly straightforward, but the grading curve added a much appreciated confidence boost. (As long as you get at least 36 of the 75 questions right, you get an A. Sweet life. ) I'm glad I didn't over-stress. My grandparents arrive at 10:00 tonight. I am excited to see them, but at the same time being around them (and around my parents around them) can be really exhausting. Tomorrow, for instance, we are waking up at an ungodly hour to drive to Wilmington. After the two hour drive, we drop my sister off at her All-State rehearsal and then have to spend the rest of the day wandering around Wilmington.
Since my grandparents have never been there, and because my grandma in particular has a freakishly high energy level, I can guarantee we'll be trekking around whatever there is down there. Then we go to the concert in the evening and still have to shlep all the way home before I can crash on my sister's room's floor. (The grandparents are sleeping in my room. ) Sunday my sister and I will spend most of the day - a solid five hours minimum - making dinner.
Trust me, homemade dim sum takes one hell of a lot longer than you think it does. Then the week starts again, and I know with this combination of illness and company I'm going to burn out sometime around Wednesday. Be forewarned. Anyway, I shouldn't complain. It's really not bad at all. I've got pretty music playing in the background, family is coming, I've been booted out of my room, I'm still sick... I think I'll just stop before I talk myself in a circle. Talking of strange things, (were we? Oh, oops. ) I've run into a crazy number of people in strange places today. It's uncanny. In Wellspring: - Mrs. Scicinska - Nancy and Joseph, who used to live down the street from us - Mrs. Scicinska found someone my mom met once, and introduced us In Borders: - Mrs. Martin, my math teacher from eighth grade It's a mad mad world. 
