Here I Am

My Living Room/Bedroom/Breakfast Room/Study

(Sorry about the light)



The Hall

My Tiny Bathroom

I Left My Brand New Kitchen for This?

Well, I made it! Tuesday morning at the airport was rough! Leaving Bob was dreadful, then I had to pay almost a year's tuition to check 3 bags, but Delta must have needed to buy a new plane because they also made me pay for an overweight bag! (FYI to the Pattersons, the Hemphills and the Parsons - if you should read this - I did not get all of my shoes in my bags!) The good news is that the parent of two of my former students was on my flight to Cincinnati. I heard someone call my name and it was Steve Porach. How nice to have a member of one of my special school and OM families on the plane with me!

When I got to Boson, I ditched my 300 pounds of luggage and came to see my new apartment for the very first time. The entire room could fit inside our little living room in Asheville, but it is cute and it is only home for 9 months. The good news is that it is a block away from Harvard Yard in a nice area.

And there are really nice people here! A friendly man watched me lug 2 heavy bags up three flights of stairs and when I came down for the third (and worst), he held the inner door open for me! Also the nice cable guy almost laughed at one of my jokes once we figured out that we were both speaking English - he just speaks it really quickly with a Boston accent. Finally, the nice young man who delivered my bed, grabbed my tip and said, "Have a nice day" before he ran down the steps leaving me to set up the frame with no directions!

I could not have managed nearly so well if not for the generous help from Amy and Sam. They have both been patient and gracious in helping me get around, lug stuff up three flights (Sam even bled a little) and find my way around this convoluted place. I am going to try to be an adult and figure the city out on my own, but I am not sure I could have managed without their help.

Bob is in Virginia right now setting a world record for jumping out of an airplane with 99 other crazy people. He may get blown out of the competition by Hannah as she moves up the eastern coastline. I just hope that the world record is all that he breaks up there! These people are pretty snooty about who they will let play their little games and they have already moved Bob to a more important position in the big formation.

Final thought: Today I was walking through Harvard Yard going in search of my iced tea (I don't have to say, "unsweetened" up here!) and I was thinking about how beautiful everyone seems to be and how self-assured- even the very ancient people just look very comfortable in their own skins with their special hats and style. In the midst of these musings, I heard a big thunk and this man in his late 30's walked into a silver Explorer and banged his bag of books against the car because the car did not stop for him when he thought it should. Evidently the slamming of the bag against the car was not adequate punishment for the poor driver - as the man proceeded to scream, "Whut the &@*$#&$^@# is the maddah with you, you (*#(@#&*$) *#*#(@%&?!?! I realized that the beauty may just be a facade!