sink or swim

good afternoon happy people! today there are a couple of things that need acknowledging:

1. i am on the internet on an airplane right now. GAH!
2. en route to said airplane, i had an adorable little indian cab driver who drove me slightly insane because he wouldn’t shut up but then was, as previously stated, adorable. i’m generally a cab-time-is-quiet-time type of person (hence the aggravation), but this guy was probably about my dad’s age except TINY (like 5’2” tiny) and spent the majority of our trip talking about his 25 year-old daughter who is a biomedical engineer, just graduated from Cornell and cannot find a job. i enjoy a good back story as much as anyone, and curiosity eventually led little adorable cab driver to give me the following bit of wisdom: “being a parent means being constantly in pain. you’re in pain when your children are small because you work too hard, and you’re in pain when they grow up because they want to leave you. but the pain is worst when they want something they can’t have and there is nothing you can do to give it to them.” there was also some Obama/olympic bid bashing in there, but we’re gonna focus on that precious tidbit above. it made me want to call my mom… which i should do anyway because it’s her birthday tomorrow and i forgot to send her a card. whoops.
3. and finally, glee last night was my favorite hour of television in the history of favorite hours of television. if you haven’t watched it yet, go hulu that shit and then go read the gawker summary afterwards because that was great too.

stresses me out a bit. however, i am very very very very very excited to see a certain someone tomorrow, so i am refusing to be stressed out.