bitter magnet

so today's my birthday...woo. one year away from the big 3-0. whatever. anyways joe and i celebrated tonight by going to Brasserie Jo, in copley square. it's a really nice French restaurant. i ordered sauteed scallops w/ angel hair pasta, and it was really good...sauce was really rich & creamy. for dessert we got this strawberry thing with almond ice cream...was *amazing*. hmm, i really wish i knew how to cook such delicious French food every day. of course though, if i did, i'd probably be putting on the pounds even faster. :( i swear, i think i must have gained at least 10 lbs over the past couple months, due to all the stress & lack of exercise. and we're off to maui in a week...perfect timing, no?. well at least there's still time to get fit for our own wedding (5 months). hopefully in LA it will be a bit easier to get into the whole fitness mindset. at least NorCal is like that...whenever i visit my parents i always notice the larger abundance of whole food stores, diet-friendly menu items, etc. Also, the weather is significantly more conducive to things like jogging...you pretty much have nice weather 11 months out of the year, as opposed to maybe 2 months here in Boston (3 months, tops).

Well my thesis defense was on Thursday (the 10th), and all went well (woo!). So I'm basically done (still have to turn in my thesis, though). I do have a draft finished but I still need to update some figures and include a bit more stuff in it. Though it should all be do-able by the 24th (that's the last day I can turn it in, because we leave for Hawaii on the morning of the 25th). Crazy, huh. The timing of this trip was perfect...the day after turning my thesis, get to hop on a plane and have a relaxing 4-day vacation in Maui. It'll be cool because we'll see lots of Joe's friends there (we are going for a wedding).

Anyway, right now I'm just trying to relax for a bit before getting started on the thesis editing tomorrow (Monday). I just want to chill as much as possible this weekend, because the next few weeks will be quite busy. Over the past six years at MIT, I've come to learn that things always tend to come together at the last minute, especially when it comes to thesis writing. :-D