Two months???
Well, it has been almost that long since I posted. Hmm, two months in 25 words or less? Ok, here goes: Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, mad studying and finals, awesome vacation in Australia over Christmas, jet lag!, working?!?, NYE with beer, and lots of visiting with friends. ha! exactly 25.
I got back from vacation three weeks ago, and I've been enjoying not constantly having class and doing work. I've gone back to the gym, I hang out with friends, I work late. This week class starts up again, so then it'll be back to insanity. Of course this coming weekend I'm going to Chicago for Jamie's wedding, and I can't wait to see everything come together! I'm sure it'll be beautiful.
Since the 25-word description may not have really done the past two months total justice, I'm going to do the next laziest thing and give a list of actual highlights :)
1. Thanksgiving dinner with good Dartmouth friends Marella and Jacques at Marella's family's house in Philadelphia.
2. Shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Ah, America's national sport. Best Buy at 6:15AM, then Circuit City, Kohl's, JC Penney...how tired were we when we got home??
3. Finals. got through them. did ok. thank goodness.
4. Flying to Australia in business class. I took two weeks off and went to meet my parents in Australia. I hadn't been to Australia for almost ten years, and I loved it more than ever. It's hard to describe exactly how it's different from the US, but for some reason it seemed a lot easier to relax and enjoy everything. (oh, and it helped that it was summer...the weather was perfect!) When I got off the plane in Sydney, I felt fantastic. It just reminds me how much I love to travel.
4a. Snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. Yeah, this is definitely up there with some of the most incredible things you can ever see, anywhere. It's like being in a live action Finding Nemo. :) I met a really nice guy on the boat, too. Cute guy, even cuter accent.
4b. Alice Springs. Some pretty neat stuff here. Since the town is literally in the middle of nowhere, they have a lot of programs that allow people to live in the outback, like doctors that have airplanes and schools that never meet in person. It's an interesting place geologically as well. Also, we went to go see Love, Actually while we were there (it was too hot to do things outside!), and that was a nice little holiday movie.
4c. Ayers Rock, or, as it's called now, Uluru. The attraction is that it's the largest monolith in the world, and it is pretty impressive. We took a flight in a small plane (I think the first time I'd ever been in a six-seater) and got some great pictures from above. My dad and I tried to climb it (they have a chain up the side), but it was so steep that I thought better of it and decided to walk around it instead. The other amazing thing I did while I was there was an astronomy show. Since there's almost zero light pollution and the land is totally flat, you can get one of the best views of the sky to be found almost anywhere in the world. I felt extremely lucky because they'd had to cancel it for almost every day for the two weeks before I was there because it was cloudy. I've seen a really good sky in Minnesota, but this was probably even better because there no hills and hardly any trees.
4d. Melbourne! City of my birth. My mom and I stopped at the hospital where I was born and took a picture. :) I also got to spend a lot of time with family friends, many of whom I hadn't seen in quite a few years. I went on a hot air balloon ride, visited an animal sanctuary to see all the Aussie animals, went to the Penguin Parade (penguins are so inherently cute, it's ridiculous!), went to the beach with my friend Caroline from 2nd grade, and took a tour of the city. Plus we had Christmas with some family friends and their kids.
5. Well, eventually I did have to go back to Boston! The first week back at work was ridiculous because I could not for the life of me wake up before about 10, more often noon! heh heh.
6. New Year's Eve I went out with some friends for a set five-course dinner with beer...lots of beer. It was fun though. I got to wear my cute and fun corset top from H&M for the occasion!
7. Visits from afar - A couple of my friends from NY/NJ came by to visit on their way back from visiting family over the holidays.
8. Sports. Of course, the big news here is the Pats, who are, as I write this, playing for the conference championship. Good stuff. Last weekend I went to two Dartmouth games at Harvard, women's basketball and women's hockey. Both excellent games. Hockey just doesn't get much better than Dartmouth women (#3 in the nation) versus Harvard women (#2 in the nation). Dartmouth has a phenom freshman goalie who now has a 4-0 record and wins against 3 top 10 teams. I haven't quite bought my Frozen Four tickets yet, but I'm thinking about it!
9. Boys...well, there was the cutie in Cairns (did I mention he gave me his email...and asked for mine?), and then this past week I ran into an interesting fellow Dartmouth grad at this Celtics game I went to with some other alums. I had seen him on Match, so I emailed him after the game. He seems nice...and he has an amazing smile. Friday night I went to a party some friends were having for my friend Rob, because he's leaving for grad school today. I hadn't seen them in a while, so it was great to be able to catch up before he left for school. I got to talking to one guy about movies and tv - it seems that he has seen everything ever released! (actually, more that he has seen all the independent/art movies) It seemed like we were just talking forever - and then he went to leave, so I thought "what the hell" and asked him for his phone number, ostenibly so I could call him to go see one of the artsy movies. Well, ostenibly and in reality. It'll be interesting to see if we ever get together. The other thing was that by the end of the evening, I could tell Rob wanted to get a little more cozy, but I just wasn't up for it, so I gave him a nice hug goodbye and told him to keep in touch. It just irked me that he might feel that way, but yet for two and a half years didn't do a darn thing about it, and then the night before he moves hundreds of miles away, makes a move. He's sweet, but I wasn't about to hook up just because he was leaving. aaaaanyways...
I'm off to the gym and to watch the Patriots game. go Tom Brady!! see all you Chicago peeps on Saturday! =)
ps. Em, guess who's coming to Providence in March??? Oh, I think you know. :) our boyfriend, John Mayer!! haha. I don't think wild horses could keep me away from that show! Plus he's touring with with Guster and Maroon 5, one of my and my friends' new favorite bands. Their cd (and its title!) are very cool.
Well, it has been almost that long since I posted. Hmm, two months in 25 words or less? Ok, here goes: Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, mad studying and finals, awesome vacation in Australia over Christmas, jet lag!, working?!?, NYE with beer, and lots of visiting with friends. ha! exactly 25.
I got back from vacation three weeks ago, and I've been enjoying not constantly having class and doing work. I've gone back to the gym, I hang out with friends, I work late. This week class starts up again, so then it'll be back to insanity. Of course this coming weekend I'm going to Chicago for Jamie's wedding, and I can't wait to see everything come together! I'm sure it'll be beautiful.
Since the 25-word description may not have really done the past two months total justice, I'm going to do the next laziest thing and give a list of actual highlights :)
1. Thanksgiving dinner with good Dartmouth friends Marella and Jacques at Marella's family's house in Philadelphia.
2. Shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Ah, America's national sport. Best Buy at 6:15AM, then Circuit City, Kohl's, JC Penney...how tired were we when we got home??
3. Finals. got through them. did ok. thank goodness.
4. Flying to Australia in business class. I took two weeks off and went to meet my parents in Australia. I hadn't been to Australia for almost ten years, and I loved it more than ever. It's hard to describe exactly how it's different from the US, but for some reason it seemed a lot easier to relax and enjoy everything. (oh, and it helped that it was summer...the weather was perfect!) When I got off the plane in Sydney, I felt fantastic. It just reminds me how much I love to travel.
4a. Snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. Yeah, this is definitely up there with some of the most incredible things you can ever see, anywhere. It's like being in a live action Finding Nemo. :) I met a really nice guy on the boat, too. Cute guy, even cuter accent.
4b. Alice Springs. Some pretty neat stuff here. Since the town is literally in the middle of nowhere, they have a lot of programs that allow people to live in the outback, like doctors that have airplanes and schools that never meet in person. It's an interesting place geologically as well. Also, we went to go see Love, Actually while we were there (it was too hot to do things outside!), and that was a nice little holiday movie.
4c. Ayers Rock, or, as it's called now, Uluru. The attraction is that it's the largest monolith in the world, and it is pretty impressive. We took a flight in a small plane (I think the first time I'd ever been in a six-seater) and got some great pictures from above. My dad and I tried to climb it (they have a chain up the side), but it was so steep that I thought better of it and decided to walk around it instead. The other amazing thing I did while I was there was an astronomy show. Since there's almost zero light pollution and the land is totally flat, you can get one of the best views of the sky to be found almost anywhere in the world. I felt extremely lucky because they'd had to cancel it for almost every day for the two weeks before I was there because it was cloudy. I've seen a really good sky in Minnesota, but this was probably even better because there no hills and hardly any trees.
4d. Melbourne! City of my birth. My mom and I stopped at the hospital where I was born and took a picture. :) I also got to spend a lot of time with family friends, many of whom I hadn't seen in quite a few years. I went on a hot air balloon ride, visited an animal sanctuary to see all the Aussie animals, went to the Penguin Parade (penguins are so inherently cute, it's ridiculous!), went to the beach with my friend Caroline from 2nd grade, and took a tour of the city. Plus we had Christmas with some family friends and their kids.
5. Well, eventually I did have to go back to Boston! The first week back at work was ridiculous because I could not for the life of me wake up before about 10, more often noon! heh heh.
6. New Year's Eve I went out with some friends for a set five-course dinner with beer...lots of beer. It was fun though. I got to wear my cute and fun corset top from H&M for the occasion!
7. Visits from afar - A couple of my friends from NY/NJ came by to visit on their way back from visiting family over the holidays.
8. Sports. Of course, the big news here is the Pats, who are, as I write this, playing for the conference championship. Good stuff. Last weekend I went to two Dartmouth games at Harvard, women's basketball and women's hockey. Both excellent games. Hockey just doesn't get much better than Dartmouth women (#3 in the nation) versus Harvard women (#2 in the nation). Dartmouth has a phenom freshman goalie who now has a 4-0 record and wins against 3 top 10 teams. I haven't quite bought my Frozen Four tickets yet, but I'm thinking about it!
9. Boys...well, there was the cutie in Cairns (did I mention he gave me his email...and asked for mine?), and then this past week I ran into an interesting fellow Dartmouth grad at this Celtics game I went to with some other alums. I had seen him on Match, so I emailed him after the game. He seems nice...and he has an amazing smile. Friday night I went to a party some friends were having for my friend Rob, because he's leaving for grad school today. I hadn't seen them in a while, so it was great to be able to catch up before he left for school. I got to talking to one guy about movies and tv - it seems that he has seen everything ever released! (actually, more that he has seen all the independent/art movies) It seemed like we were just talking forever - and then he went to leave, so I thought "what the hell" and asked him for his phone number, ostenibly so I could call him to go see one of the artsy movies. Well, ostenibly and in reality. It'll be interesting to see if we ever get together. The other thing was that by the end of the evening, I could tell Rob wanted to get a little more cozy, but I just wasn't up for it, so I gave him a nice hug goodbye and told him to keep in touch. It just irked me that he might feel that way, but yet for two and a half years didn't do a darn thing about it, and then the night before he moves hundreds of miles away, makes a move. He's sweet, but I wasn't about to hook up just because he was leaving. aaaaanyways...
I'm off to the gym and to watch the Patriots game. go Tom Brady!! see all you Chicago peeps on Saturday! =)
ps. Em, guess who's coming to Providence in March??? Oh, I think you know. :) our boyfriend, John Mayer!! haha. I don't think wild horses could keep me away from that show! Plus he's touring with with Guster and Maroon 5, one of my and my friends' new favorite bands. Their cd (and its title!) are very cool.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home