as with every year, june has been a flurry of activity. commencement at stanford has come and gone. it was a tough time in a way, because my event wasn’t flawless, but i’m over it and learned some things to implement next year.

the biggest change for us in june is that we have a roommate. keith’s been staying with us and will be here for a month. he eats a lot of food, helps around the apartment and is a convenient third person for board games. it’s been an interesting visit. we’re not around him throughout the year, so we see him "grow" so infrequently. or at least i do, since leith keeps in pretty close contact throughout the year. the wedding wasn’t great quality time, since he was caught up in drama and texting hardly in hawaii with us. these couple weeks, it’s been nice to reacquaint ourselves and get to know each other again. as opposed to stanford camps or moving camp, he’s focused on SATs and thinking about colleges.

i took off last friday and we explored UC davis. it made me want to go back to school! not for a masters, but just reminded me of the joy of being an undergrad and that whole time in my life. today keith’s at UC berkeley with mike and next week we hit the road to tour some southern california schools. the whole thing is a huge endeavor - organizing tours around limited university schedules and figuring out where to find all of this information. it’s been sad to see the california budget cuts through visitor tour furlough schedules and some cal states not being able to offer tours at all in the summertime!

late saturday, i head off to new york for the ivy plus alumni relations conference at columbia. i missed last year’s, so i look forward to going again. it’s always a great experience and i’ve been able to squeeze in a couple meetings with friends by taking a red eye flight in. i can’t wait!

otherwise summer is full of barbecues, a lot of new babies from friends, the world cup (since when did leith become a soccer fan??) and great time with friends. my summer resolution is to attend as many of my yoga classes as i can. it helps that kristine is teaching one of them - that’s incentive enough, but also my 7am friday class always renews my spirit.

that’s it for now - i’ll report back on how the conference and los angeles is for us!