Life is so good.

I'm feeling really thoughtful today. I think it has something to do with the fact I have been searching for an apaerment all day. Life is a changin'. I will be attending Harvard university this summer. Aside from making me look sickeningly intelligent and looking great on a resume, it will be a really great experience. I am going to move into an apartment in either Cambridge or Somerville with complete and total strangers. I won't know a soul except for Bob (and Tom and Jenny) since all of my AUC friends will be gone for the summer. Natalie will be in Mexico and I am going to miss her so much it seems unbearable. She has put up with all of my crap, tried her best to always make me smile, and force-fed me when my stomach was growling. I can hear her talking on the phone right now because my door is open and she sounds so happy. Natalie is so in love! She fell for one of the twins and it makes me so so happy. She talks about him and her face just lights up. She is in love. Its good to be in love. I'm feeling really happy with my situation too. <3



So, I look to the future and to this summer with open arms, unafraid of what is to come. My faith in humanity has been greatly shaken this year, but i guess we aren't called to have faith in humanity anyways; we are called to have faith in He who is much bigger.

I have found it. THIS is what I want my space to look like eventually. This is it. The colors are devine and right on the mark. Just add a few oddities to give it some spunk and you have my dream apartment.

So, I have had this fish for a long time. He hasn't had an easy life; I rescued him from an awful petshop last summer and then drove him all the way up to Mass in a tupperwear container. Now he lives in my bathroom on a vase over the toilet. He is still really active and appears happy. I don't know how he is still alive. Bob has been reading "drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and he has been feeling all right brainy so I decided to ask him what to name Mr. Fish. He immediately said "Mason" which I loved but only if we could call him Mason Jar. So here he is: Mr. Mason Jarr Fish, gaurdian of the bathroom.

So wow. Busy Busy weekend!!!!! Ironic, since Bob and I had nothing planned this weekend at all. That is unusual for us; we always have a ton of things planned. We found plenty of stuff to get in to regardless. Stuff just falls in our laps. I arrived Thursday night, as usual…

Friday!
Woke up really early. Bob had work. Spent the day trying to nail down the rest of my summer details and really just wasted away the entire morning. Bob came home and we decided to drive over to his parents. Got to ride on the back of the bike again, which always just makes my day. I can’t wait until I can swing one of my own. I already have it picked out and everything!! Its kind of laughable for me to be so excited because I won’t be able to afford one until I have a real job and some savings under my wings. Bob said I’m getting better at leaning with the bike and making driving easier on him. The whole experience is just really thrilling for me. I absolutely love my new helmet, even though Bobby says it is gaudy. I like gaudy. I’m going to have I airbrushed eventually, by Bob’s friend Luke Dobie. I have my rough draft nailed out below. The script is Italian for “I live a beautiful life.” So true.



Saturday!
Slept in. Took the day slow because we couldn’t decide on what to do. Ended up back over at his parent’s house where we dropped Piper off and went out on a drive down old route 1. It was a really gorgeous day, which is good; we deserve a few of those after the wet and cold winter. We got a little lost, but that’s really what you should do on a scenic drive. Stopped in (???) and ate at this little restaurant. I had claw chowder because I am addicted to it and Bob had a hamburger. We had a good chat about life in general and then set out for more driving. We went on a short bike ride back at the house and then we went to Richardson’s, which is this minigolf, driving range, and ice-cream place to meet up with some of Bob’s high school friends. I tend to really like Bob’s friends, they are always really funny and they always have girlfriends who I can hang out with while the guys get all of their testosterone out. Lisa was Phil’s fiancée and she looked so much like my awesome friend Kaelyn than I almost fainted. The boys let us hit a few of their golf balls on the range and we both embarrassed ourselves. It was ok though. =] Bob hit a few really far and he also almost hit Lisa next to him. We had ice cream after that and stood around talking until it got late and we decided to head home.

nap time, Piper style

Sunday!
Bob’s buddy Justin had called him on Saturday to invite us to go to 6Flags with he and his girlfriend Jill. (See, there is always a friend for me.) I was a little nervous because I am absolutely terrified of rollercoasters. Not many things scare me as badly as rollarcoasters. I hate them. I absolutely hate them. BUT! Being the positive person I am I was still really amped about going. I figured I could just sit out anything that seemed too scary for me to ride (which is what I ended up doing.) We left Somerville around 8 for the 2-hour drive to Agawam Mass. After dropping Piper off at home we had a fun ride west across Mass with the radio blasting and the windows down. Road trips are always really fun with Bobby. He likes to sing really loud on a lot of the songs and I am always laughing. We saw so many motorcycles on the road we were both jealous that we weren’t out on his Yamaha. We made it to Agawam about 20 minutes late and met Justin and Jill who I both really liked. Of course I chickened out on every single coaster and ended up sitting on a bench watching, but that was completely ok for me. Not like I’m not used to it!! They did manage to get me on 2 rides (which is 2 more than I usually get on…) One was called The Scream! and it was basically this huge tower thing that rises 20 stories up into the sky. You sit in the little chairs and they launch you up into the air to the top without warning. Then they drop you. Also without warning. This goes on for far too long and you pretty much want to piss yourself. It’s a nice view from the top; too bad my eyes were closed 90% of the time. I didn’t get to sit next to Bob for that one, which made me rather sad, but Justin said I didn’t scream. I think I was to scared to scream. The other ride I went on was your typical group water raft deal. I was the one who got soaked. Of course. Justin, Jill, and Bob all went to get in line for the Superman ride (which I was too scared to ride of course) and the line was so very long. I parked myself on a bench and resigned myself to the probably 2hour wait I would go through alone. I went to use the restroom, because there was nothing else to do and when I came back Bob popped out of nowhere to keep me company. He said he didn’t want me to have to be bored and alone for that long. I felt really bad because Justin had been saying how amazing the ride was and now Bob wasn’t going to get to experience it. He told me I was silly and he wouldn’t want to leave me alone for that long with nothing to do. It was really sweet of him. He bought us Dippin’Dots ice cream and we walked around the park for a while. It was a really sunny warm day and I think we both really enjoyed lounging in the sun and talking about all manner of subjects. After over 2 hours J&J emerged from the coaster and we headed out to drive home. We stopped to pick up my car from his parents house and ate Chinese there and watched Cinderella Man. I didn’t expect to enjoy that movie as much as I did. I really loved it actually. That concluded our “No plans” weekend. We always have a great time, don’t we?

The Scream

I am so very glad that the weather is warm. If it gets cold again I think I just might die. Bob and I are both a little sunburned from Sunday, but my face is fine, I wear facial sunscreen everyday (as should you.) This afternoon between classes I am going to go out to Killbourne hill and lie in the sun and relish in the fact that I am alive.


It is a beautiful life.


Oh, btw, I’m a brunette again.

So, this whole V-Tech shooting thing is making me saddish. In order to combat these sad feelings i have inside, I am going to share with you this man who makes me laugh. I found him online, and I have no idea of what was going on in this picture.