Ali came and visited yesterday - which was fun and mellow... she and M. and Rainy and I wandered up Commercial and grabbed Chai Lattes from Starbucks. You really can see *every* kind of person imaginable on Commercial Drive -- and so we people watched and window shopped. It was good.

Then went to a family birthday party - that at the time, frankly, I didn't want to go to. I'd never met any of the people that were going to be there (other than M.'s mom and sister and niece) and I didn't feel like sharing my soul with everyone - or so I thought until I met them. They're all really easy-going and cool - and I enjoyed myself thoroughly. We got into talk about the world and pending war, our political system and tons of other things... it was really a lot of fun. Great people. So glad I'm gonna be a part of this for the rest of my life. =)

Spoke to Carla yesterday - my birth half sister. She's going to be down again on Thursday - we're going to hook up - probably Friday... since I have an appointment on Thursday night with the Potter's club... and it's my birthday... wow... one whole year of being 30 flashed by so quickly. So much happened... and it's been completely fantastic overall. 30 is amazing. I highly reccommend it.


Off to start the day.