I Heart Boston

Yesterday was a half-day at school so my friend Morgan and I went to Boston. First we went to Harvard Square in Cambridge, where we ate at Fire and Ice, and then we took the T to Downtown Crossing in Boston. I spent literally every last dollar that I had, out of the $85 that I had brought with me. We did tons of shopping. I bought a few pins at Newbury Comics, new black shoes at Payless, some Urban Decay eyeshadow at Hootenanny’s, an “I Heart Boston” t-shirt (which I have always wanted), and two pairs of earrings. One pair I got at a massive jewelry store that had more earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and hair clips that I have ever seen in one place in my whole life. It was insane. The walls were lined with jewelry; so much so that it was overwhelming. Plus there was a really gorgeous Spanish guy working upstairs. That’s always a plus. It was pretty much the best way I have ever spent my half-day.

We spent a lot of time just walking around and going to random stores, while laughing about the most random and not-so-funny things that had happened. At one point, while we were on the T, I had sat down but Morgan didn’t want to because she didn’t want to sit next to strangers. I kept telling her to sit down but she wouldn’t, so finally, frustrated, I said, “sit down, Kramer!” Yes, I called her my dog’s name. I have no idea where that came from. Also, when I was telling her how I would probably forget where I parked my car, I said, “park my guitar.” I think I need to take speech lessons. Then there was the "man in the cage" incident... I would explain it, but I think it would be lost on everyone else. I'll spare you.

I just found out today that track starts this Monday. It was supposed to start on the 20th, but The Powers That Be decided that because the weather was so nice (I’m not sure who decided 40-degree temperatures were “nice”), we could get an early start. Normally for the first few weeks of practice we do circuit training inside in the gym. However, we won’t be doing that this year. Apparently we’ll just be running around the track. Now, this is really awful. I didn’t mind circuit training because it got me in shape and prepared to run outside. Now that we’re skipping the circuit training and just starting to run outside, I’m not sure if I’ll have a chance to get in shape. Plus, since I’m not in shape already, I probably won’t fare very well during practice outside on the track next week. I certainly am not ready for track to begin on Monday, and I wish they didn’t spring it on us today. It’s too short notice. I’m also really going to have to start going to sleep earlier. Lately I’ve only been getting five to six hours of sleep a night, and if I’m going to have to get a lot more during track. I’m already exhausted enough with these few hours of sleep as it is, if I don’t get more sleep I won’t be able to function during the day. Track is exhausting. I’m really not ready for it to begin.

I mailed my Simmons Honors Program application yesterday. After all that whining I did about how I couldn’t think of anything to write for my essay, I felt like kind of a moron when I realized it wasn’t that hard. I just opened Word and started typing, and the rest of my essay came out pretty easily after that. I wish I had started it sooner, but at least it’s in the mail now.

I’m at school now, during my free period (technically… it’s a long story I’ll save for another blog someday) and since I have nothing to do I decided I might as well do something somewhat productive. I haven’t been able to blog a lot lately because I don’t have much time (and I’ll have even less once track starts). During February vacation, when I made this blog, I had tons of time on my hands so I was able to blog every day. Unfortunately that’s not the case now so I can only blog a few times a week. Hopefully I won’t lose track and abandon this blog.

Anyway, that’s all for today. Ciao.