happy holidays!

Happy Chinese New Years and Valentine's Day!

Just got off the phone with both sets of grandparents and we got to catch up with what's been going on the last month. We talked mostly about their upcoming visit to the US for my college graduation (dad's side only; mom's side says they'll come over when I graduate medical school since that's what actually matters--spoken like the true doctor side of the family, HAH). We also talked about my cousin's upcoming wedding (dad's side), how my cousin is doing in college (mom's side), and the fact that I will probably be the next person in my family to get married (both sides; ...also a bit horrifying).

Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to have both sides of the family so whole and intact. Since I've been born there's only been one death, and that was my great-grandmother who died at age 92. There's also been only two weddings and two births (the birth of Kevin, the marriage of my cousin and cousin-in-law in NZ and the subsequent birth of their beautiful spunky baby Anita, and my cousin Xu Hao who just got engaged to this super cute guy in November). Apparently this constitutes very few "major events" for one family over the last 20 years. Then again, that one child rule does explain for a lot of it...

Anyway, today I'm feeling really grateful for all my friends, family, and other loved ones. And of course tomorrow is both Valentine's Day and CNY in the US time zone, so it should pack an even mightier punch of sentimentality in me.