Vagrant Adventures

So I've been chilling in the Boston area since school got out, working at Tufts, which has been a perfect way for me to remain in denial about the fact that I'm going to be in Chile next month as my study abroad program starts.(Minorly terrifying) I didn't have a sublet which has turned into an interesting experiment in relying on the kindness of others. And after 2 weeks, I've come to the conclusion that people, on the whole, are AWESOME. Only seeing the generous and loving side of people has been great & done wonders for my typically pessimistic world view.

A tally of the adventures of the last two weeks includes:

Endless bus rides to Lexington (stayed at a friend's house there most of my time)
2 separate instances of drinking beers on the prez lawn (could anything be more quintessentially summery?)
1 beach day on the lovely Plum Island Beach near Newburyport
1 ride in a 1916 Model T
1 totally creepy visit to the Museum of our National Heritage (creepy because it's run by the Masons and secret societies scare the hell out of me.)
1 adventure to Brookline in search of a decent bagel(which failed sadly & unsurprisingly), falafel & JFK's birthplace
5 hours of playing Risk
3 hours of watching Star Wars
1 glorious day wondering around Harvard and reading books at the Coop
2 sightings of planets from the roof of the BU observatory
1 badly harmonized although spontaneous acapella version of Amazing Grace in a chapel
1 fantastic Trip to the MFA with Madz
1 mime show
1 trip to the ICA where I chanced across a random man describing himself as Miles from the movie Sideways to his date. Somehow, this seems like a bad dating strategy.
3 Trips to Market Basket
8 books read
1 instance of awkward creeping at a grad school party

Fwheh I got tired reliving all that- pretty much the most epic 2 weeks I've had in a while. I'm back at home in Jersey now, which has me ecstatic over the prospects of finding a decent bagel. Which is pretty much the only thing my home state is good for. It's going to be an adjustment. I'm having caffeine withdrawal symptoms already from not being able to run to Diesel or True Grounds and the amount of pollen on my farm is pretty astounding. Time for some benadryl and a nap.