Can't wait till the weekend

I exercised in the morning, cooked, went to school and studied for my midterm that is tomorrow (GROSSSSS) and then played some tennis at night. Just came home. It was my first time playing with my new strings. I need some time to adjust to the strings cause I was hitting a lot long balls...booooooooo.

This is what I ate in the morning: Soft boiled egg, tomato, avocado, leek, lemon, pepper.

What we ate for my sister's birthday: A whole-grain cake from Whole Foods. It was super rich and yummy~

I bought my sister a charm for prosperity and I got myself this love charm. It's so cute....it lives in my pencil pouch.

This is something I ate last week: Garbanzo beans, tomato, leek, mint, olive oil, lemon, salt, pepper.

I love strawberries.

I'm excited for an upcoming trip I'm taking to Palm Springs this Friday! I'm going with my sister and our friend. We booked a hotel a few days ago. We're just gonna be lazy....well we're gonna do some hiking...and then be lazy. I want to catch up on some reading that I haven't been able to over there. It's going to be super hot...I will need to pack a lot of sunblock! I'm very excited~

We wanted to go to San Francisco instead but it's a seven hour drive and I have school on Monday, so it would have been a bit more difficult. I might go there after my summer class is over though!

I'm getting my hair cut the day before we leave...made the appointment today. I've been thinking of cutting it to my shoulders which is a little scary since I've always had fairly long hair but I think a change will be good. It's summer so going a little shorter will be good!

OKAY...back to studying. Wish me luck~

MY DAD

Sweden circa. 1988/89

Sweden circa. 1992

Los Angeles, 2012

I am lucky to have a dad like mine. I can't describe how tight our bond is. My friends often joke about how much I talk about him. I don't do it on purpose. He has been such a presence in my life that it's become natural. He has been my role model - the person I strive to be even half as awesome as.

We've been through some incredibly tough times together and we have come to accept that our future won't be as bright as we had hoped for, but knowing that we have each other's backs through all of this means the world to me. My dad has been a fighter and I intend to be the same.

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing fathers around the world <3

RESTRING

Been playing a bit of tennis again~ It feels so awesome. I've been doing strength training exercises for the past two weeks now...trying to get my legs a bit stronger. I have some issues with my right knee, so I'm also trying to strengthen the muscles around the knee~ Today I took my racquet to be restrung~ I changed the strings in year (not like I played a lot, but still...). I also asked to get my grip changed since it was very worn out and gripping tight to the racquet was hurting my hand. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow <3 I'm so excited! I've been able to produce fairly decent ground strokes but because of the lousy strings, the shots were unpredictable...and it was getting very frustrating to play like that. YAYYYYYYY NEW STRINGSSSSS!!!!

Me posing inside a bathroom at school before my structures class. OH YEAH, I'm taking Structures 2 during the summer~ That class gives me a terrible headache every time....but the challenge is good~ My shoes are from a completely random shoe store in New York (can't even remember the name)....I bought them last summer when my flats were giving me blisters. My parachute pants are from H&M. I think they might be slightly big on me...I have to wear them with a belt (UGHH). My best friend didn't like it when I wore these (thought they were ugly...made me sad ;____;)...but damn, they're comfortable. Top is also from H&M...It's pretty lame because you always have to iron it before wearing...if you don't want to look like a slob. The reason why I like it is that it's very light - perfect for summer. The cardigan, I believe, is from H&M too...Yeah, I'm like 97.2% sure it's from there.

TWO MORE CLOSE UP POSESSS! YEEEEAAAAH~

TIME FOR BED. It is 3:25 am. Good job Lorik.

BACK FROM HYRULE

OMG!!! WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT!!! I went to the Greek Theater to see Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses! It was so beautiful and nostalgic!

The whole day I carried my mini Link with me everywhere. I went to school today to work on a competition that my friends and I are entering. I recorded this instead of working:

Link <3

It's been a tough couple of days so it was nice to come here and listen to beautiful music <3 The performance was very strong and energetic! Now I want to play Zelda again! But first I must finish this competition~ Good night everyone <3 <3 <3