So I got a really cool envelope from my dad today- no it didn’t contain money but it made me just as happy I think. He clipped three articles from the Wall Street Journal and the Investors Business Daily about the economic climate in Northern California (they said it’s improving). He knows I’ve been thinking about Stanford but that wasn’t the point. It was nice to have a family member talk about something other than me coming home. That I might actually have a brain and be able to think for myself. I know you don’t have tim to read- but thanks dad.