i need to sleep after all this sleep.

Awesome: my sister flying over 500 miles to make a surprise visit on my 4-day weekend.

Not so awesome: my sister and I catching the flu (and when i say flu, i mean the throwing-up kind).

Okay, so not ideal, per se. But still great! Though during those miserable intervals between vomiting, crouched over the dorm toilet, I asked, "Really, God? Really? What's the lesson in all of THIS?"

Redeeming factor: both of us having one day of health to explore LA/Pasadena, which included a trip to Mood, Norton Simon Museum, Intelligentsia, Paper Source, Anthropologie, etc... followed by an Armenian feast at a family friend's home.

That's my oldest sister, Jessi. (Paper Source employee, after me telling her we're 12 years apart: "Twelve years? I thought you were going to say twins!!")

Intelligentsia cappuccino. They do it right.

If you know anything about me, you know I like to eat. And cook. But eating is a little easier to do in the dorms. So I do that more often. So you can imagine my angst at this recovery from stomach flu. Nothing tastes good. And my stomach is always angry. And all I want is freakin' Top Ramen. Gross. [haha my itunes is currently playing "it's okay to cry" by Larue. baha.]

But the Lord is good. He will pull me out of this. Reading the story of Ruth and Esther for my Hebrew Bible class today was such a sweet reminder of how God's grace completely defies any cultural or legal norms. I kinda want to be like Esther. Minus maybe having to marry a king. I could live with a peasant husband. Haha.

I hope you all have a great week-- spring is closer than you think! Yessss.

P.S. I'm not a vegetarian anymore. Yeahhh I know. As Jessi said, I am slave to NO man. So take that!