Hahaha I laughed quite hard at that joke, Daddy. I bet I'll retell it tonight. Of course, I'll probably butcher it by saying "...He said if it gets any worse he'll have to let her out!" or something. Or I'll preface it by saying, "Hey guys, listen to this really funny joke!" (which I always do) and it just won't live up to the hype. I know it's hard to believe, but I really do have a lot of friends here.

Grandma, I have seen Grady's walls over skype. They are...very creatively done. Collaging your walls, teaching art classes, Grady, who knew you were so artistic? Tonight at dinner Nick Zhao asked, "How's Grady? Is she still finding herself?"....I'll be sure to let him know that you've discovered this whole new side.

I got a new haircut. Grandma, Daddy, Grandpa, Erin and Connor have all had the pleasure of seeing it. I keep going back and forth on it. At first I hated it, then I loved it, then I hated it again. It's shoulder length, and I kind of miss how long it was. My friend Meghan cut it for me and took a few more inches off than I had wanted. But yesterday I was back to loving it again until my friend told me I had "Playdate Hair,"...."You know, it looks like you just dropped your kid off at a playdate." So I'm back to not being so keen on it. You know how when you get a haircut EVERY person says, "Oh, did you get a haircut?" and it's just a reminder, over and over, that you know longer have long flowing locks.

Crew is going well. I'm over being sore, which is good news, but my splits are about 5seconds slower than they were last year at this time, so I'm kind of freaking out about the 6km test piece we have next week. I knew it would take a while to get back into rowing shape, but it's still frustrating.

I really need to go do laundry, but I've lost my laundry card. All my jeans are saggy in the butt. I just hate that.

Love to all of you.