summer has been nice and relaxing, though i do have this uncomfortable, impending sense of doom that i am going to brazil unprepared and am going to return to chaos once i get back to phoenix/tucson…

i read in my sister’s cosmopolitan (uk edition) that if you write down three things that make you happy every day for a week, it will make you happier for the three following weeks.  though the mathematics behind this happiness formula is dubious, i’m sure the results are pleasant and therefore, here i go!

1.  eating pho twice in one day!

one steaming, delicious (albeit a tad greasy) bowl at pho-licious, a pretty solid pho vietnamese restaurant in glendale (75th avenue & cactus road).  even my extremely picky dad approved!  i ordered the pho tai ($6.99), my dad ordered the pho with all the other fixings and my sister ordered a pretty tasty chicken hot & sour soup.  i had been there once before and had ordered the sup mung cua, which was also very tasty.  it was delicious!  the other bowl i just made right now from the stuff my mom had set up for me, so i just had to boil the broth, throw in some beef slices and pour it over warmed noodles!  delicious!

2.  shopping!

my sister and i ran over to arrowhead mall and checked out the ridiculously overwhelming and huge forever21 store where, after much browsing, i settled on a rose-patterned top and a purple v-neck dress.  then we jetted on over to target where i bought a pair of inexpensive sunglasses for brazil so i don’t bring & inevitably break or lose my burberry or dior ones.  it’s actually the same pair (tan-and-brown-striped, over-sized, square-shaped) that i had for spring break drunkenness, but i had sat on and broken them shortly after the cruise.    but yay, they’re back!

3.  anticipation of reading my book and watching “jogo de cena” now!