May 2011
20 posts
its summer when we go to the cape
happy memorial day, and thank you to all who serve and have served. and well, its officially summer now… you can wear white (legally!) and i have made my first trip to the cape. though my hair frizzed, i was COVERED in pollen, and the pool water was almost unbearably cold… it was a successful first trip to declare the start of summer (but grandma and pop, it wasn’t the same...
tortilla- 1: me-0
i just tried to make a lunch time treat of tortilla (egg and potato) and i was told by dan it looked like vom. i dont know what i did wrong but the thing did NOT want to flip and i managed to burn the pan. i just put a pile of mush down the sink.
tortilla, you won this time but i WILL be back.
xoxo
one year. yikes.
well… it hit me today driving past BC as the seniors were moving out that i have exactly one year. one year from today, i will become a graduate of Boston College. if i could start over from the beginning, i would do it again in a heart beat. I would love to live on upper, eating my body weight in froyo. I would take joy in the friday night freshman activities. hell, i would even take...
teaching Ozzi Spanish
everyone keeps making summer goals… get a sandwich from Hazel’s Bakery, swim in a neighbors pool, go to the Kettle Ho… well I’m adding this one to this list; to teach ozzi spanish. i mean, i dont expect him to woof with a spanish accent, but wouldn’t it be cool if he would follow commands in both languages (i know, i know… we still need to work on...
rain and greys anatomy
if anyone is somewhere where it is sunny, please transport me to that location. im over this rain, so much so that this afternoon i caught up on the season of greys anatomy that i missed due to studying abroad.
i wish there was something more exciting to report… i had a bagel for lunch and plan on having pasta for dinner- carbo loading is alive and well in the US of A.
sun, sun, mr. golden...
oneweekhome: check.
are you guys still there? im sorry for the epic delays. it feels as if i dont know if im coming or going these past couple days and like im living in my car. between BC adventures, cross town jaunts and interviews in gd knows where, its nice to just take this time and type and blogblogblog.
i hope you guys are still there following so i can THANK YOU for being there for me during the last 5...
airplane thoughts.
well friends. i am home. home. home. home. and how weird and amazing it feels. it all feels kinda fake to be honest, like its just a weekend trip and im off to someplace new tmw. but no. i am home and i am home to stay.
during the flight home (which all in all, travel took about 18hours, 3 cokes, 2 coffees and countless cookies) i wrote down some thoughts as i was unable to sleep, my computer was...
hours left in MadTOWN
well friends. its hard to imagine that this may be my last post from Spain. not guaranteeing it, but i must prepare you that I’m unsure if i will have time to post tmw or later today.
where has time GONE!?
as i type, im tearing up.
i have made THE best friends here.
i have grown as an individual, teammate and family member.
i am almost fluent in spanish.
i have traveled to 10...
a little list, its how i roll
erika and i have been keeping a list of some of the things we’ve learned during this whole ordeal. checkitouttt.
1. theres no word for “j walking” in spanish. it doesnt translate. at all.
2. There is a time change between Portugal and Spain. Headwinds aren’t that strong.
3. Dogs are fine pooping on concrete and people don’t think its necessary to pick it up. AKA,...
yesterday, i cried
it was bound to happen. i mean, you cant create a life somewhere new and expect not to feel when you are packing up your things. im going to blame erika for starting this one because it came completely out of the blue. we had been so put together. we were at our favorite tapas place, El Tigre and Luis, my “boyfriend” (aka older man who loves to give us free drinks and food) came over...
growing up...
I just realized that after this next final, I am a SENIOR in college. When did that happen?!?! Just a quick funny story before I’m off. Walk into the kitchen this AM after going for a run so its about 9:40am mind you- late by american standards. Marta and I are yacking it up as she’s cooking away for her granddaughters first communion. Anyway, the phone rings and marta flips out...
uno mas
one more. one more. one more. that’s one more final, of course. BUT the best part is, its a presentation. we all know i can stand up and spill my guts regarding Frida so i think this ones a done deal… already.
todays final wasn’t as splendid as the others, but hey, im only human and it wasn’t a stats repeat when i was holding my breath for DAYS until i found out i passed....
post 101: today i licked spanish ground
well. today i licked spanish ground. by accident. i was walking my way to school, jammin to the pod as a little pump up when i saw a mail box. i had something pressing to be mailed and i was so excited i ripped the card out of my bag and the stamps came flying off into the street. having paid well over a US dollar for those stamps, quick as a fox i sniped them only to realize i would have to...
identity crisis
I should known waking up to 7 bbms saying Osama Bin Ladin had been killed was going to be one of those days where I didn’t know if I was coming or going. The symbolic end has come to the tragedies of 9/11, yet for some reason I feel as tho they have just now begun. Living abroad at a time like this is oddballs to say the least. As BC and Americans in general celebrated and rejoice,...
