how i spent my first free day

my friend lin and i ventured up to sf so we could take care of my school stuff and her rent stuff. i am an official student! i got my student id which i look younger in than my old college id. any thoughts on how i can look older? i am not going to wear gobs of make-up! yes, ppl still think i am in high school/jr. high!!

i wandered around sfsu and decided that i liked this dowdy lil campus. it's much smaller than my old university which had a pop. of 50,000 and spread over two campuses. i am starting to get excited and settle into school mode. i think i should have "grad student" pasted on my head so students don't think i am a freshman.

we had lunch in the mission district at this restaurant called limon. it's a peruvian restaurant. the ambiance was nice and friendly. the color scheme was pleasant within the "lime" theme. i noticed that it was run by all males. the food had good presentation and i had risotto coral. the risotto was a bit tough and the seafood a bit burnt. it was ok. all in all, it was an enjoyable lunch and made me think, could i run a lil restaurant like this? very tempting.

shopping. oh yes, we did a lot. actually sfsu is next door to stonestown galleria (uh oh, trouble for me!). we ventured over and hit nordstrom and borders. i made it out w/ two children's books for my nephew and niece. we did more shopping at union square. went to nordstrom and at the same time two ppl were on the lower level of the shopping mall. one gal fainted and another guy fell/jumped off the escalator?? it was so odd to see paramedics tending to two ppl on the lower level at the same time. there sure were a lot of gawkers. we completed our shopping expedition by stopping at pearl paint art store. i decided this is the best art store in the area. no more dinky, overpriced stores for me! i bought a bunch of stuff for under $25 and received extra 10% off! oh yea! i am going to try my hand at painting.

finished the day with a nice jaunt around shoreline and walmart run. a very enjoyable first day off indeed. i still can't get over the fact that i don't need to be at work. i am getting over that thought fast. :p

i went to bed at 1:15 am! gasp!