So, today is December 9th!  Which means Andrews birthday is tomorrow!  Ive got a special surprise for Andrew today. I'm spending today prepping for it, and I cant wait for this evening!  Although I think he figured it out, I'm pretending that he still doesn't know what we are doing.  His gift is being given to him today, and we are going out to dinner for his birthday tomorrow.  Which is gonna be a blast too!  We are going to Hayashi Sushi and Hibachi Grill.  I think there are gonna be like 15 people....and the number keeps going up!  I'm pretty excited about that too! I haven't had sushi in a while, so we shall see how they make it in Texas. 

On a little side note......we went downtown last night to celebrate for a few friends that just defended for their thesis....and passed.  It was really fun, but..............there is just one thing that I absolutely cant stand about being in Texas. And it is the fact that..........people can smoke in bars/restaurants. Is so horrible. I absolutely hate it.  You walk into a bar, and it stinks, and it holds a cloud of smoke constantly! Ugh. Although the smell does sort of.....disappear after a while, Ive been noticing that I really have a hard time breathing after a while.....I start to cough....It gets worse as we are there longer.  And the really gross part, is that it completely seeps into your clothes.  I cant stand this either.  When I came home last night and was taking my shirt off, I can just smell it in my clothes, and I was pissed when I woke up this morning, because Andrew and I left our heap of smoke smelling clothes in our bedroom.  I picked them up this morning and threw them into the wash....but gagged in the process. I don't see how people can smoke, its so nasty, bad for your TEETH, and your health, and the way you smell, and bad for others! UGH! (my side note ended up being more of a tangent....but oh well, maybe I can start writing a law to forbid smoking in bars here........hahahaha, then they are really gonna think I'm a raging California liberal!)

SO EXCITED FOR ANDREWS BIRTHDAY!