springy

Okay, so i admit i am *loving* the sunny breezy weather. Here's the thing--it's not HOT, like, i'm not sweaty and miserable, so yeah i love it.

I spent almost all day yesterday outside walking with my friend Cassandra, drinking lemonade, looking in some shops, and each of us sighing contentedly about every 5 minutes.

We ended up down at Peets where we got yummy coffee drinks and sat on the grass and drew and talked about grown-up and silly things like work, families, traveling, art, being almost 30, watching trashy shows on netflix...quality stuff. Also more contented sighing.

Cassandra drew trees...i drew my feet. Feet are hard to draw, but really fun when they come out looking even remotely like real feet. I really need to draw more.
Mom came and joined us a little later and we all lingered until the sun went down and it got pleasantly chilly.

Meanwhile, it's warm, humid and thunderstormy in N Carolina this weekend...so that'll be an interesting change of pace. Leaving tomorrow! Never been that far south-east before...so i'm excited :)

Still awfully plugged up. Praying for some relief before i get on the plane. Last time i flew with a cold my eardrums almost exploded. So...i'll be buying MucinexD at target today.

The boys are doing really well, not that i've seen them in over a week :( Ian went in for a swallow test today to see how he's doing after his poor little system was nearly destroyed after being intubated for weeks. Pray he passes so he can start drinking liquids again!
Still waiting for the go-ahead for the bone marrow transplant.

Alright. Lot's to do today...

coffeecoffeecoffee

early tomorrow morning i'm starting a day-long trek home...traveling from annapolis to washington dc and then finally flying out of new york in the evening...bravely facing buses, subways and airplanes...without having any real idea of what exactly i'm doing!

and i'm sick.

please pray for me.

tmi...?

coming home tomorrow...it feels like i've been gone for so much longer than 10 days. i've done too much and seen too much and talked to too many people to squeeze into such a tiny fraction of time...! for now, i will enjoy my last day in beautiful annapolis with the lovely pappas's and their friends.

ps...living with (almost) exclusively women for over a week has completely screwed up my menstrual cycle.

10 heretofar

times square in manhattan

boots

high line

subway

matt in bostonrain

graveyard

cookies and milk with nicolepicking apples

fall in connecticut

mystic

boston is one of my favorite cities.
today was magical...pouring rain to crisp, clear sunshine and blustery wind, leaves swirling, brick buildings, cemeteries, history, mochas, bicycles...

this afternoon amaris and i took a train to mystic, connecticut, to see nicole and her family (there's me right now, all ready to go to sleep...and in a bed...! not a hostel or someone's cement floor!)

tomorrow morning we're taking a walk around the town to see the river and the houses, and then we're going apple picking, visiting a cider mill, and then coming back to their home to make apple butter.

hi

today as we rode the 4 1/2 hours on the bus from new york to massachusetts the scenery changed from green to orange and red and yellow.
amaris and i are in boston right now about to go to sleep at matt trimble's.
he took us to harvard, and harvard square, and bought us dinner and dessert and it was lovely.

i've decided i love boston.