wow it’s already thursday! today i had work again. my boss was out of the office for a long time because her mom was in the hospital. her mom’s doing fine though. she was just under observation. anyway, i spent most of my day playing solitaire and hearts. i think i’ve mastered both games! i got to practice my crappy mandarin with this client when we were waiting outside in the hot hot sun waiting for my boss to arrive. i explained to him that she’ll be right here since she usually gets to the office a little after 11 am. i didn’t want to say that she’s usually late, because that would make her look bad. so we just stood there in the unbearable heat waiting and waiting. he asked me where i was from, and i said i was born in ny. he complimented my mandarin (which is kind of scary since my mandarin skills are crappy). diana and i had vietnamese food for dinner. it was very tasty. i had pho. mmmmmmm. we also ordered summer rolls. yummy! on our way to the garage this chinese guy was like “hello!”. he was holding a chinese newspaper, so i just assumed he was just another guy trying to sell something to me. then he’s like “remember me?” and i’m like oh yeah! he drove my family around in shanghai. he also drove me around. he was really nice. diana told him that our parents wouldn’t be back until next week. he said he’d call my dad. hehe. we came home from dinner and i’ve been watering the grass. how fun is that?! hehe. there are slugs in our backyard. gross :~(. oh yeah. want to hear something depressing? i already ordered a textbook for fall semester. how SAD is that? it’s for finance class. our over-eager professor already emailed us and told us which book to buy. i searched online and was about to buy a used book for $65.33 until a friend of mine told me to use half.com. i found books for 53 bucks! dayamn. i hope my book is in decent shape! i also hope the book will arrive before i go back to school. one week before my parents come back! i can’t take it anymore!