back from hellifornia. family is good. I got to see my little brother in his element. He narrowly avoided failing out the first semester (finished with a 3.09 but his program is notoriously strict about kicking people out) which is remarkable considering the combination of learning disabilities + first time living away from home. He took us on a backstage tour of his zoo which was really neat. it's very comforting to see someone start to blossom, especially when it took as long as it did. i'm back at work. last full semester of classes starts next week which means THESIS TIME. scary. i won't be officially done until July though because apparently Georgetown can't be assed to make a decent credit tracking program for its grad students so I wasn't aware that I would be 1 class short for graduating in May. still walking with the spring graduating class which is really all that matters because it would be really awkward for my family to fly out only to have nothing to show.