This morning, A called me and told me she was going to pick me up earlier for school today. There was something different about her voice. I asked her if everything was okay and she told me...

"My grandma passed away last night."

I was in shock. I just saw her grandma a couple of months ago, when she came to visit from Hong Kong. She feels sad. I feel sad. Finals is the LAST thing she needs.

I was going to make A's favorite Chinese snack that her grandma use to buy for her to eat, but I was told I can't.

All this Chinese superstition crap is just BS. A month. Psh.