Tuesday, August 5, 2008
I'm all moved in!!!
I am all moved into my apartment!!! I am so excited to be back in Boston and only .3 miles away from Sewall Street! I finished moving everything in this past Friday and obviously had to host guests this weekend! I had the pleasure of having Karlene and Orod over on Saturday night for a delicious (if I do say myself) dinner. After a very fun night at Pourhouse, Karlene slept over and we had a relaxing Sunday Funday beginning with coffee on my balcony, burritos with Orod, and a stroll around the city (which ended with us getting caught in a thunderstorm and getting completely soaked haha). Our funday was completed with another dinner at my place where I had Karlene, Whit, and Marissa over. We had a great time and I can't wait to have Christina and Denise over once you girls are back :) With everyone bringing me wine (including Karlene's homemade sangria) I have enough to last us many dinner and wine nights! Can't wait to see everyone soon!!! Yay for being back in Boston!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
What's the return policy on a cat?
So the 4 Sewall mice are at it again. I spotted one in the living room last week and last night one scurried past Scout in my room to run over my feet in the bathroom. AWESOME. I fear that our bugging the maintenance crew to seal up the holes on the outside of the house has sent them to seek refuge inside the house. Of course, when we had a mouse problem back in September we tried everything to get rid of them. And we finally got a cat. With big paws. I even researched it and read to get an adult female, because they are the best at killing mice. I was also told by my classmate to not get a kitten because they don't chase after the mice and will grow up becoming friends with the mice, as her kittens did. Who knew she would be a dumb cat too. I think these mice even scare her because she keeps jumping with every sudden movement. Pat's suggestion is to get rid of her and get the most ferocious looking cat with scars on her face. Now that cat would kill some mice! My mom asked me today if it was a mouse or a rat that ran over my foot, but I want to assure everyone that it was a little mouse that ran into the bathroom. And of course, each time I've seen a mouse I start screaming for Scout, and she just scrolls over to me and gives me a look as if to say, "What, you want me to chase a mouse and risk breaking a claw?"
Here's a picture from last night, only minutes after my mouse encounter. She's just sprawled out next to me on my bed, looking as innocent as ever.
Anyways, I would like to reinstate a weekly dinner night. Let's make that happen.
Here's a picture from last night, only minutes after my mouse encounter. She's just sprawled out next to me on my bed, looking as innocent as ever.Anyways, I would like to reinstate a weekly dinner night. Let's make that happen.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Banff is for BAMFs
Hey everyone! I thought I would finally post a little blurb about my trip to Banff, Canada. So the first day ended up being an entire day of travel. With a mixture of flight delays, missing parts on the airplanes, and cranky airline workers, it ended up being a mess.
This picture was taken at a TGIFridays at the Newark Airport (yes, they ended up sending us further away from our destination, but hey, they almost sent us to Dallas so Newark wasn't as bad!) When our flight getting delayed here we ended up just drinking the night away.
Finally we arrived at the hotel at 3 in the morning. And of course, they were out of rooms. Some couples had to be given suites that they have to move out of the next day, but Pat and I were lucky and we got to stay in our suite the entire weekend. A couple people even had to go to a different hotel for the night! Oh yes, did I mention yet that our luggage was lost? Well, of course, it was.
Our first full day ended up being really nice. Pat had to go to a company event, which ended up being a bbq cookoff and all of the wives and girlfriends met up with the guys after that. Then Pat and I went to a cute pub, where we sat overlooking part of the golf course and a river.
Here's one of the pictures I took from the outdoor patio we sat at.
That night we went to a cocktail function Oracle threw. Pat borrowed some clothes and we both bought new shirts. I washed my underwear in the sink and used the hotel blow dryer to dry it. Our luggage finally arrived at 4 AM.
The next day, Pat went golfing and I went to the spa. There was a work dinner that night, where Pat was nominated for an award! Best out of the entire country! Yay Pat :) We didn't want to go out again that night, so we just grabbed some wine, went back to the room, ordered a 20 dollar pizza to the room, and rented a 15 dollar movie. And of course, we fell asleep within 5 minutes of the movie. Our final full day we went on a gondola ride and then spent a day in the town, which was really cute and fun. We had to be up and on a bus back to catch our flight at 4 AM the next morning, so we went out to dinner with a bunch of people, grabbed a bottle of wine, and passed out. The trip home had no delays, which was amazing and we got back safe and sound. Here are just a couple more pictures from the trip, and I'll post some more to facebook.
This picture was taken at a TGIFridays at the Newark Airport (yes, they ended up sending us further away from our destination, but hey, they almost sent us to Dallas so Newark wasn't as bad!) When our flight getting delayed here we ended up just drinking the night away.
Finally we arrived at the hotel at 3 in the morning. And of course, they were out of rooms. Some couples had to be given suites that they have to move out of the next day, but Pat and I were lucky and we got to stay in our suite the entire weekend. A couple people even had to go to a different hotel for the night! Oh yes, did I mention yet that our luggage was lost? Well, of course, it was.
Our first full day ended up being really nice. Pat had to go to a company event, which ended up being a bbq cookoff and all of the wives and girlfriends met up with the guys after that. Then Pat and I went to a cute pub, where we sat overlooking part of the golf course and a river.
Here's one of the pictures I took from the outdoor patio we sat at.
That night we went to a cocktail function Oracle threw. Pat borrowed some clothes and we both bought new shirts. I washed my underwear in the sink and used the hotel blow dryer to dry it. Our luggage finally arrived at 4 AM.
The next day, Pat went golfing and I went to the spa. There was a work dinner that night, where Pat was nominated for an award! Best out of the entire country! Yay Pat :) We didn't want to go out again that night, so we just grabbed some wine, went back to the room, ordered a 20 dollar pizza to the room, and rented a 15 dollar movie. And of course, we fell asleep within 5 minutes of the movie. Our final full day we went on a gondola ride and then spent a day in the town, which was really cute and fun. We had to be up and on a bus back to catch our flight at 4 AM the next morning, so we went out to dinner with a bunch of people, grabbed a bottle of wine, and passed out. The trip home had no delays, which was amazing and we got back safe and sound. Here are just a couple more pictures from the trip, and I'll post some more to facebook.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Why haven't I met anyone cool yet??
Hey Everyone!
I hope you are all doing great! Christina, your adventures sound amazing and I am definitely jealous that you are abroad doing all these fun/exciting things. Whit, congrats on the job situation—I hope you ended up getting that follow-up call and securing everything with the job!! Karlene, you straight up make me laugh hysterically so please please keep them coming…
Let’s see... nothing terribly exciting has happened here but I am having fun regardless…Here is my update.
Since I last left you guys I think I mentioned that I met Steve Urkel. That was hilarious but I never did see him again. Any new celebrity sightings…umm…some members of b2k and the co-host British girl from America’s Best Dance Crew. I tried to talk to her so she would put in a good word with Mario Lopez, but she was not having it L. These people were at some of the event’s that I’ve gone to with Lianna, Deal or No Deal girl. On that note- I DO have an update…yesterday I received an e-mail from her that she would no longer be working with our company and that she wanted to thank us for the work we had previously done. So basically, she did not renew her contract. So that sucks a lot because that means I don’t get paid…since I work as a freelancer. However, on a brighter note, her decision had nothing to do with me and she wants to continue hanging out, etc. But I want money! She’s kind of dumb though because I was about to get her into Maxim and then she quit. Loser.
Let’s see what else…OH! Saturday night my friend from HS, Jayne and I decided we wanted to do something “cool” and “Hollywood.” So Evan suggested we go to STK (it’s this new bar/steakhouse in Hollywood)/ When we got there was absolutely NO NO NO street parking, as is often the case so we tried to valet and the lines to do that we crazy and it was causing traffic on the street. Then we tried to go to the Belmont next door…same issue. So finally Jayne and I were like “fine, let’s go to Area,” (those of you who watch The Hills know what I’m talking about). So we go and they people at the door go…Tonight is Oriental Night. And we’re like uhh what…and she’s like, yeah It’s Asian Night, you can come in if you want, if you are into that.
HA HA HA. So we left and bought cupcakes and wine and chilled out. She living in a family friend’s pool house, it’s so amazing and mansion-esque, so I slept over! Hmm otherwise, I’ve been working, working and hanging out. I’m still seeing Evan all the time and getting introduced to his friends often so that’s cool.
If you have not seen The Dark Knight yet, PLEASE go see it. I honestly think it might be one of the best movies ever, particularly because of Heath Ledger’s performance. My fingers are getting tired…and I have to get back to work so I’ll talk to you guys later, miss & love all of you, please don’t forget it.
xoxo,
Denise
I hope you are all doing great! Christina, your adventures sound amazing and I am definitely jealous that you are abroad doing all these fun/exciting things. Whit, congrats on the job situation—I hope you ended up getting that follow-up call and securing everything with the job!! Karlene, you straight up make me laugh hysterically so please please keep them coming…
Let’s see... nothing terribly exciting has happened here but I am having fun regardless…Here is my update.
Since I last left you guys I think I mentioned that I met Steve Urkel. That was hilarious but I never did see him again. Any new celebrity sightings…umm…some members of b2k and the co-host British girl from America’s Best Dance Crew. I tried to talk to her so she would put in a good word with Mario Lopez, but she was not having it L. These people were at some of the event’s that I’ve gone to with Lianna, Deal or No Deal girl. On that note- I DO have an update…yesterday I received an e-mail from her that she would no longer be working with our company and that she wanted to thank us for the work we had previously done. So basically, she did not renew her contract. So that sucks a lot because that means I don’t get paid…since I work as a freelancer. However, on a brighter note, her decision had nothing to do with me and she wants to continue hanging out, etc. But I want money! She’s kind of dumb though because I was about to get her into Maxim and then she quit. Loser.
Let’s see what else…OH! Saturday night my friend from HS, Jayne and I decided we wanted to do something “cool” and “Hollywood.” So Evan suggested we go to STK (it’s this new bar/steakhouse in Hollywood)/ When we got there was absolutely NO NO NO street parking, as is often the case so we tried to valet and the lines to do that we crazy and it was causing traffic on the street. Then we tried to go to the Belmont next door…same issue. So finally Jayne and I were like “fine, let’s go to Area,” (those of you who watch The Hills know what I’m talking about). So we go and they people at the door go…Tonight is Oriental Night. And we’re like uhh what…and she’s like, yeah It’s Asian Night, you can come in if you want, if you are into that.
HA HA HA. So we left and bought cupcakes and wine and chilled out. She living in a family friend’s pool house, it’s so amazing and mansion-esque, so I slept over! Hmm otherwise, I’ve been working, working and hanging out. I’m still seeing Evan all the time and getting introduced to his friends often so that’s cool.
If you have not seen The Dark Knight yet, PLEASE go see it. I honestly think it might be one of the best movies ever, particularly because of Heath Ledger’s performance. My fingers are getting tired…and I have to get back to work so I’ll talk to you guys later, miss & love all of you, please don’t forget it.
xoxo,
Denise
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Death Trap
Hey everyone! It's a nice rainy day in Boston. At least it is offering some relief from the hot
So I don't have anything interesting to write about, but I still felt the need to say something. I have so much to write about (recent Banff trip, Sox game, new restaurants we must try) but those require some pictures and time, so those will come later. But I did want to share with everyone the reason why you may never see me again (unless you see me on a daily basis these days, like Steph). And the reason for that is my love for grilling on what I would like to call THE DEATH TRAP. One of these days I am going to go back to grilling on Big Bertha, and yes, I just named our shitty old grill with no bottom to it. But as there is no gas left in Big Bertha, I'm stuck using Little Shithole (please help in coming up with a better name). This grill is seriously out to get me. I have unsuccessfully been able to grill burgers for dinner the past two nights because of this evil thing. Whenever I go into the house and leave it unsupervised, I always run out of the house minutes later screaming FIRE FIRE FIRE! Any drop of grease will cause it to burst into flames. Even after Steph thoroughly cleaned it I was still blowing at the flames, attempting to blow out the fire that encompassed the entire grill. Even turning the gas off is unsuccessful in putting the flames out. On Monday the flames hit my hand, and why it did not burn my fingers, it did burn the little hairs off my thumb and left my fingers with messy soot all over them. So I just wanted to warn everyone- beware of our grill. And don't use it after drinking any of my famous homemade sangria (ok ok, it was boxed wine- but it still tastes fabulous!). Hopefully we can tame the grill down a bit so that it does not catch on fire every time I turn my back on it.
Anyways, for everyone who is out of town, the Yankees are in Boston this weekend, so that will definitely be interesting! And Nicole moves in this weekend, so that will be wonderful as well!
And this is for Denise, but I finally made it over to Al's on State Street- it is just as amazing as you mentioned it was many many years ago :)
And I am on a hunt of a good book to read, if anyone has any suggestions. I just finished the book, Chasing Harry Winston, by Lauren Weisberger, which was a fun summer read.
Hope to hear from everyone soon!
<3 Karl
So I don't have anything interesting to write about, but I still felt the need to say something. I have so much to write about (recent Banff trip, Sox game, new restaurants we must try) but those require some pictures and time, so those will come later. But I did want to share with everyone the reason why you may never see me again (unless you see me on a daily basis these days, like Steph). And the reason for that is my love for grilling on what I would like to call THE DEATH TRAP. One of these days I am going to go back to grilling on Big Bertha, and yes, I just named our shitty old grill with no bottom to it. But as there is no gas left in Big Bertha, I'm stuck using Little Shithole (please help in coming up with a better name). This grill is seriously out to get me. I have unsuccessfully been able to grill burgers for dinner the past two nights because of this evil thing. Whenever I go into the house and leave it unsupervised, I always run out of the house minutes later screaming FIRE FIRE FIRE! Any drop of grease will cause it to burst into flames. Even after Steph thoroughly cleaned it I was still blowing at the flames, attempting to blow out the fire that encompassed the entire grill. Even turning the gas off is unsuccessful in putting the flames out. On Monday the flames hit my hand, and why it did not burn my fingers, it did burn the little hairs off my thumb and left my fingers with messy soot all over them. So I just wanted to warn everyone- beware of our grill. And don't use it after drinking any of my famous homemade sangria (ok ok, it was boxed wine- but it still tastes fabulous!). Hopefully we can tame the grill down a bit so that it does not catch on fire every time I turn my back on it.
Anyways, for everyone who is out of town, the Yankees are in Boston this weekend, so that will definitely be interesting! And Nicole moves in this weekend, so that will be wonderful as well!
And this is for Denise, but I finally made it over to Al's on State Street- it is just as amazing as you mentioned it was many many years ago :)
And I am on a hunt of a good book to read, if anyone has any suggestions. I just finished the book, Chasing Harry Winston, by Lauren Weisberger, which was a fun summer read.
Hope to hear from everyone soon!
<3 Karl
Sunday, July 13, 2008
hi from delft!
Bonjour dames!
I say that in french because we just got back from paris a few hours ago! Before i tell you about the most beautiful city i've ever been to (thus far) just wanted to say i am so sorry i havent been in touch! I've been thinking about you all and i hope you're all having a great summer, i miss you girls. We have been going non stop here from class, bike rides, trips, bars ect.. and i just have not been able to email as much as i would like to! I'm going to try to update as much as possible and i love reading about what all of you have been up to.
Ok, so where do i start?? Our flight arrived in Amsterdam at 8:30 am Netherlands time so it was like 2 am Boston time and non of us were able to really get a good sleep on the plane but nonetheless it was a great flight. Went by so fast, for the most part we all sat pretty close to each other and the in flight entertainment/food/drink was great! It was always kinda light outside on one side of the plane which was kinda cool. No luggage was lost and that whole ordeal (customs, luggage, 18 20-something year olds sticking together) went extremely smoothly! Our professor was waiting for us and a bus was there to take us to our rooms. We were all really out of it that day and so i didn't really take too much in on the drive to delft but i did notice right away how crazy flat all of the land is. When we got to our rooms we all got our keys and got all settled in. I slept until 3 then we had to go to the university to see the building and get our bikes (which have become our babies while we are here). The university (not that we're in the classroom much at all) is HUGEEE. The civil engineering building is like 4 times snell engineering and snell is for all engineering! It's crazy. Apparently it's like MIT status and we totally stick out but we're all having the best time sticking out so no one is really too worried about it. We ride our bikes everyyywhere as does everyother person in the netherlands (specifically Delft where we are living). Its so hard to really explain but the system is just totally different here and its their way of getting around. Its so safe and easy and just incredible how different it is from the US. Delft is absolutely beautiful. Its such a cute city (small too). We've been to Amsterdam and Rotterdam and i have to say niether one impressed me much but i do think that's because i compare it to delft and it's hard to compete with. Canals are down every street and the whole city square is filled with trees, cute apartments (small one right next to the other) bikes, horses, resturants with terraces, and of course beer. I think we maybe have not drank 2 of the 13 days we've been here (the guys have probably had at least a drink everyday). It's not that we drink like crazy every day/night but its custom here. They wake up have bfast (some kind of bread usually), coffee midmorning, lunch (bread cheese some weird stuff but not so bad), mile with lunch, beer in the afternoon or coffee and then dinner and beer. Also, they have frites. French fries but they dont have ketchup they put MAYONNAISE on them!!! No joke, pretty nasty sounding huh? I told myself i was going to try everything (almost everything) and so i did and its actually really good. I wont have it with mayo again just bc the thought grosses me out but it was not bad at all. Along with mayo they use a lot of peanut sauce i've noticed. You're prob getting bored so ill try to make it more interesting and not give as muchh detail! haha. SO i am a huge fan of so many different beers now and i will prob come home with a beer belly (o man i hope not). We went to a yacht club for a bbq the second night we were here and had such an awesome time. We did notice that night that they don't stand at bars here, everyone is sooo chill and people just sit at a table, talk and drink a beer. It was our first night out, we were up at the bar being loud and having the best time (not too loud hah just laughing a lot). Our professor and one of the TU Delft (the university im at) professors were talking outside and drinking a beer and the waitress actually asked my professor if we all had a way home (like making sure we didnt drive there). It was pretty funny and when he told us he was laughing. THe bus ride home i tought for sure we'd all pass out but no, the complete opposite. It was insane but again such a good time. We went out when we got home just for a coupld of drinks. The city square is like a 10 min bike ride from our apts and so we are there pretty often. We haven't had too many injury's with the drunken bike rides home but there have been a few. Hmm so we just kinda go on field trip type things during the day (mostly bike stuff bc my professor is annoyingly obsessed) and go out at night or chill in someones room. The weather here has been interesting. It rains one sec and is sunny the next...really weird. So much i want to tell you girls but i will tell you more in person!
We went to Paris on thursday night and it has got to be the most beautiful city ive seen yet. We arrived at the airport at 8 and had to take a bus into the city. It dropped us off at the arch de triumph and from there we knew our hostel was in the direction of the eiffel tower. The arch was absolutely gorgeous and HUGEEE as was the eiffel tower. The girls and i flew and the guys took the train and also were at a different hostel so we met up with them seperately. On our walk to our hostel we were just in complete awe of how beautiful everything is. The tower was unbelieveable and when it sparkled it jut brings chills (i thought anyways) . Our hostel was great (we got in late so were kinda sketched out that first night). We had aview of the tower from our room and it was in a great location. The next morning we got our 2day hop on hop off boat ticket and decided to take it around to see where to go first. Were riding along (began at the tower) and we get to Notre Dam and guess who we see standing along the river..th guys! We were so excited to see them (we actually missed them ha) so we got off there and decided to go in there first. It was incredible (im just going to keep saying that). From there, the whole weekend was perfect. Could not have gone any better and wesaw everythinggg. The girls and i did our thing during the day and we met up with the guys under the eifell tower at night to go out (it was really cute actually). Friday night we found an awesome pub type bar and sat we all went out to a nice dinner and from there went to the bastille area for drinks . There was karoke at the bar we were at so the girls and i decided we were going to sing. We get on stage and all of the guys followed. AAll of the sudden 15 of us are on stage belting out sweet caroline (i really wish we had it on tape). couple hours later (5am) we headed in our seperate directions and met them back in delft tonight. It was just a great perfect weekend and if you ever get the chance to visit paris (those who havent been) i would say GO! It's just amazing being there and the city just has this feeling about it. The history there just blows my mind. Id have to say my favorite thing was meeting up with the guys and our dinner sat was so great. We all get along so well and its been 2 weeks and i really think we all feel like we've known each other for so much longer than that (well alison and sarah who didnt really know any of us at all). It makes the trip great knowing that whatever we do we have a great time so im super happy about that. I miss you all so much though and cant wait to see you! I wish you could be here with me as well!
It's getting late here and i've had veryyy little sleep the past few weeks so i'm going to get in bed soon. I am so happy to hear about what you girls have been up to and i cant wait to actually talk to you about it. I want to see pictures from canada, la, boston!!! Any new updates with the job whit!! Hope everyone is doing well and i love you girls!
I'll write way less next time, im sorry if it was boring i was just trying to catch up!
Love, Christina
I say that in french because we just got back from paris a few hours ago! Before i tell you about the most beautiful city i've ever been to (thus far) just wanted to say i am so sorry i havent been in touch! I've been thinking about you all and i hope you're all having a great summer, i miss you girls. We have been going non stop here from class, bike rides, trips, bars ect.. and i just have not been able to email as much as i would like to! I'm going to try to update as much as possible and i love reading about what all of you have been up to.
Ok, so where do i start?? Our flight arrived in Amsterdam at 8:30 am Netherlands time so it was like 2 am Boston time and non of us were able to really get a good sleep on the plane but nonetheless it was a great flight. Went by so fast, for the most part we all sat pretty close to each other and the in flight entertainment/food/drink was great! It was always kinda light outside on one side of the plane which was kinda cool. No luggage was lost and that whole ordeal (customs, luggage, 18 20-something year olds sticking together) went extremely smoothly! Our professor was waiting for us and a bus was there to take us to our rooms. We were all really out of it that day and so i didn't really take too much in on the drive to delft but i did notice right away how crazy flat all of the land is. When we got to our rooms we all got our keys and got all settled in. I slept until 3 then we had to go to the university to see the building and get our bikes (which have become our babies while we are here). The university (not that we're in the classroom much at all) is HUGEEE. The civil engineering building is like 4 times snell engineering and snell is for all engineering! It's crazy. Apparently it's like MIT status and we totally stick out but we're all having the best time sticking out so no one is really too worried about it. We ride our bikes everyyywhere as does everyother person in the netherlands (specifically Delft where we are living). Its so hard to really explain but the system is just totally different here and its their way of getting around. Its so safe and easy and just incredible how different it is from the US. Delft is absolutely beautiful. Its such a cute city (small too). We've been to Amsterdam and Rotterdam and i have to say niether one impressed me much but i do think that's because i compare it to delft and it's hard to compete with. Canals are down every street and the whole city square is filled with trees, cute apartments (small one right next to the other) bikes, horses, resturants with terraces, and of course beer. I think we maybe have not drank 2 of the 13 days we've been here (the guys have probably had at least a drink everyday). It's not that we drink like crazy every day/night but its custom here. They wake up have bfast (some kind of bread usually), coffee midmorning, lunch (bread cheese some weird stuff but not so bad), mile with lunch, beer in the afternoon or coffee and then dinner and beer. Also, they have frites. French fries but they dont have ketchup they put MAYONNAISE on them!!! No joke, pretty nasty sounding huh? I told myself i was going to try everything (almost everything) and so i did and its actually really good. I wont have it with mayo again just bc the thought grosses me out but it was not bad at all. Along with mayo they use a lot of peanut sauce i've noticed. You're prob getting bored so ill try to make it more interesting and not give as muchh detail! haha. SO i am a huge fan of so many different beers now and i will prob come home with a beer belly (o man i hope not). We went to a yacht club for a bbq the second night we were here and had such an awesome time. We did notice that night that they don't stand at bars here, everyone is sooo chill and people just sit at a table, talk and drink a beer. It was our first night out, we were up at the bar being loud and having the best time (not too loud hah just laughing a lot). Our professor and one of the TU Delft (the university im at) professors were talking outside and drinking a beer and the waitress actually asked my professor if we all had a way home (like making sure we didnt drive there). It was pretty funny and when he told us he was laughing. THe bus ride home i tought for sure we'd all pass out but no, the complete opposite. It was insane but again such a good time. We went out when we got home just for a coupld of drinks. The city square is like a 10 min bike ride from our apts and so we are there pretty often. We haven't had too many injury's with the drunken bike rides home but there have been a few. Hmm so we just kinda go on field trip type things during the day (mostly bike stuff bc my professor is annoyingly obsessed) and go out at night or chill in someones room. The weather here has been interesting. It rains one sec and is sunny the next...really weird. So much i want to tell you girls but i will tell you more in person!
We went to Paris on thursday night and it has got to be the most beautiful city ive seen yet. We arrived at the airport at 8 and had to take a bus into the city. It dropped us off at the arch de triumph and from there we knew our hostel was in the direction of the eiffel tower. The arch was absolutely gorgeous and HUGEEE as was the eiffel tower. The girls and i flew and the guys took the train and also were at a different hostel so we met up with them seperately. On our walk to our hostel we were just in complete awe of how beautiful everything is. The tower was unbelieveable and when it sparkled it jut brings chills (i thought anyways) . Our hostel was great (we got in late so were kinda sketched out that first night). We had aview of the tower from our room and it was in a great location. The next morning we got our 2day hop on hop off boat ticket and decided to take it around to see where to go first. Were riding along (began at the tower) and we get to Notre Dam and guess who we see standing along the river..th guys! We were so excited to see them (we actually missed them ha) so we got off there and decided to go in there first. It was incredible (im just going to keep saying that). From there, the whole weekend was perfect. Could not have gone any better and wesaw everythinggg. The girls and i did our thing during the day and we met up with the guys under the eifell tower at night to go out (it was really cute actually). Friday night we found an awesome pub type bar and sat we all went out to a nice dinner and from there went to the bastille area for drinks . There was karoke at the bar we were at so the girls and i decided we were going to sing. We get on stage and all of the guys followed. AAll of the sudden 15 of us are on stage belting out sweet caroline (i really wish we had it on tape). couple hours later (5am) we headed in our seperate directions and met them back in delft tonight. It was just a great perfect weekend and if you ever get the chance to visit paris (those who havent been) i would say GO! It's just amazing being there and the city just has this feeling about it. The history there just blows my mind. Id have to say my favorite thing was meeting up with the guys and our dinner sat was so great. We all get along so well and its been 2 weeks and i really think we all feel like we've known each other for so much longer than that (well alison and sarah who didnt really know any of us at all). It makes the trip great knowing that whatever we do we have a great time so im super happy about that. I miss you all so much though and cant wait to see you! I wish you could be here with me as well!
It's getting late here and i've had veryyy little sleep the past few weeks so i'm going to get in bed soon. I am so happy to hear about what you girls have been up to and i cant wait to actually talk to you about it. I want to see pictures from canada, la, boston!!! Any new updates with the job whit!! Hope everyone is doing well and i love you girls!
I'll write way less next time, im sorry if it was boring i was just trying to catch up!
Love, Christina
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Greetings from boring unemployment...
...but perhaps not for long!
So I really ought to be a contributor to this blog seeing as I don't honestly do much with my life, and have plenty of time to write in it. However, I don't have much interesting to say, but I shall try.
On Monday I dropped my car off to get fixed near where Andrew worked at the Bike Shop (ie. near BU) and then I walked all the way home. BAD IDEA. It's been like 90 degrees out the last couple of days. ugh. So today I went to go pick it up, and I took the T. Not that our apartment is remotely conveniently located a T trip away from BU. It took me close to an hour, and was still brutally hot.
So I wrote this in an email, but I am so excited. I might actually have landed a job! After all this stress, I'm starting to think that life has a way of working itself out. Or, I dunno, that fate has some hand in everything. I interviewed at ADD Inc. back in April, and I loved the position, and they loved me. Unfortunately they took someone else who was a little bit more qualified than I am. For the past 3-ish months since, I've been having a really tough time finding a different co-op job. The July 1st start date has come and gone and my advisor is hassling me to find a job, basically by my own means. Just one day after finding out that I didn't get the job that I interviewed for last week, my advisor emailed me to say the ADD needs another intern. I told her to send my resume in again. This morning - mid teeth brushing - my phone rings and it is my new best friend, Jen Silver, HR lady for ADD Inc., wondering if I am still looking for a job. So in so many words I say, HELL YES. She asks when I can start, I say, Monday. Now I am just waiting for an official call back to confirm everything. I was seriously hyperventilating when I got off the phone with her. Haha. It's been weirdly stressful, discouraging, etc. My dad is ready to storm down the co-op office's doors demanding some kind of refund because of how much they sucked in this process. Everytime I talk to him on the phone he always screams, "But don't they guarantee you a job, isn't this why you are at Northeastern, isn't this why you aren't going to graduate for an extra year!?!?" Haha.
Anyway, maybe now I can actually not be poor and in debt anymore. And...I will go out anywhere, even if there's a cover!! Ha!
I hope everyone is doing great. The trip to LA sounds like it was a blast! Now we just need Steph and Chris to sign up for the blog!
PS. It looks like they've arrested two of the people involved in the shooting near our apt. Thank God! And the little boy is in stable condition. yay.
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