Let me preface this by saying- I love history. I find it so incredibly interesting. but i CANNOT keep it in my brain. dates, times, causes of war, etc... somehow they just dont stick. Ask me about NMDA receptors in the brain or proprioception... but god almighty don't ask me about history. Even with this amazing personal defecit, i love history and this trip was steeped in it.
I stood where the boston massacre occured. I sat in the church (old north church) where paul revere hung the lanterns to signal that the british were coming. I took a tour of old ironsides (u.s.s. constitution). I walked so much that the bottom of my feet were bruise (not a joke). I went to Harvard and touched the lucky toe of the Harvard statue...
And of course the beautiful Boston Commons and Public Gardens... gorgeous- but not as fantastic as SF. Sorry- still my favorite. ps- thats george w and his horse.
There are such beautiful churches in the new england area and while I personally don't go to church- I find the human obsession with church incredibly fascinating. I love walking through old churches and seeing the vast amounts of money humans put into this idea of a place of worship. as if you have to go somewhere special to truly worship god. interesting and beautiful (and heartbreaking) all at the same time.
We also did non-history stuff- like watch the fireworks from the rooftop of Jon's (laura's jon) lawschool building and go to the aquarium (always my favorite). The only things I wish I could have done are a whale watching tour and a more in depth freedom trail walk where I actually get to take the tours of each stop. the lines were just so long over that weekend that I would have missed everything if we hadn't just read from the tour guide, taken a picture, and moved on. I did get some fantastic photos with the Democrat Donkey outside the old city hall... good stuff.
The next weekend I went to Austin to visit Jon (skates-jon) and go to his little sisters wedding. Wednesday I actually got to go to 'game night' at Liz's new place- fantastic- yet never came to be until I had already moved to Dallas. Pictionary. a brilliant game I must say. I really should start that up here. I wonder who would come?.... Anyways- i had a blast :)
Thursday was spent running errands with J, Friday was a day of manual labor to prepare for the wedding, and Saturday.... awesome breakfast with my 'wish my family was like that' family (ie, jon's fam) and then the bride rushing around to do hair, makeup, pre-wedding photos... then the wedding. Jess was gorgeous- I would have liked to see Nick cry but... eh. The reception was full of dancing and fun but what sticks out to me the most was the bride and groom chowing down on the bbq (photo to come). odd moment to remember but...
Sophia is absolutely gorgeous. one of my favorite babies by far (don't tell Brook). the fam on both sides was amazing and I got so many compliments from them it was insane. That's probably because when it came to taking down the wedding stuff, we were rocking it. between John (skates-jon's god-father), David (skates-jon's dad), and myself- we had the manual labor stuff done in record breaking time. the ladies (obviously not me) took care of the food stuff and in about 1/4 of the time everything took to put up, it was all done. My knees and hands are still bruised, i have a cut on my back that I can't identify, and somehow i have paint in my hair. not sure about that last one. whatev.
now its back to work. I find myself feeling like i'm just treading water. I know that this is the best thing for me- but I wish I was learning something new right now. I wish I felt like I were progressing towards my goal. I wish I were in FREAKING MEDICAL SCHOOL before I go crazy from not doing what I want to be doing. ugh. frustration and agitation are setting in. at least I start those classes soon- then I can actually do something productive. to be honest, i'm doing good things here at the center, I just feel so... deflated right now. yeah, deflated. thats a great word for it.
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