Today is my mom's birthday. I wont see her till tomorrow, cuz she is busy with work and a huge test at law school. Yes she is way too cool, she went back to LAW school this year, now I get to tell her GO TO STUDY! NOW! (payback time, excellent) but I'm so proud of her. I'm a really mean daughter sometimes who can't see how good she is and how much she did for me. I don't tell her much about how proud I am or how much I love her, I should do that more often.

I made her this lemon pie today while watching the coverage for the new earthquake and I hate the fact that this things happen, I mean what can we do from across the world? Such a mix of feelings, even as selfish as it sounds I feel lucky I have those I love with me, things like this put everything in perspective, they make me feel lucky and I know I shouldn't wait to appreciate things, but I'm human and sometimes life gets to you and you are so close to even notice that life is so much more than a temporary problem.

Now I have to go across the city to take care of the ill. Let's see if tomorrow's a better day.