Hello everyone! Just writing in to report how everything went today.

Well yesterday mom and dad arrived in San Diego around 10am and wandered around doing goodness knows what until I got off work at noon. Then we went to lunch at this really great hole-in-the-wall place called the Longhorn Cafe on Mission Gorge where they have excellent burgers and just about everything for a fan of John Wayne. Pretty cool. Then we went and checked out my new apartment. Yes, I found an apartment, well, I sign the papers tomorrow morning. It is in University Heights. Just northeast of Hillcrest. Pretty nice area and a bigger place than the La Jolla one for less money. I am pretty excited about it. And I should be able to move in next weekend which will be nice since June 1st is on a Weds. That would suck with work.

So then we checked into mom and dad's first hotel that they have since moved out of because it was too ghetto for them. They went up to the new hotel off of Mercy Rd. for familiar territory. After checking in we went to Ikea and checked out some stuff for my new place. Then we headed up to Mira Mesa to see Star Wars. AWESOME!! I really liked it. Definitely the best of the first three. And the music is fantastic. Mom and Dad liked it too. Then to bed.

Today we went to a late breakfast then to graduation. One word...HOT!!!!! I was cooking in my black gown with a black cap. It was probably record heat today. We started in a huge parking lot, baking for about an hour, then the first part at least was in the Cox Arena, indoors. But then we had to go over to the Open Air Theatre for the read-the-names part. It was SO hot there. I was really cooking, I thought I was going to have heat stroke or something. I just kept thinking how miserable Dad must have been! You know how he loves heat!! ha ha. So after they read the names and just about everyone had left, me and a few of my friends stayed to the end to be nice and finish it out for the faculty and others being recognized. I am sure Dad has sent pictures, it was great. I had a lot of fun with my friends and was really glad that Mom and Dad and my friend Kelly would come and sit in the heat for me. Thanks again!!

Then I went home, got cool and we met Brent and Buffy for dinner. We went to Donovan's. Holy good steak!! It was amazing! Thanks again Mom and Dad! And now the day is over. It was a long one but one I will remember. Thanks for all of your congrats and support. It means a lot. Now on to the future!! Starting with signing some papers tomorrow morning, so I need some sleep. Love you all and can't wait to see you in august!

Marnie