My Boston Survival Guide (so far…)

Today is officially my two-week anniversary in Boston and I thought I would share some of the pearls of wisdom I have already picked up.

Tip 1- Never ever leave the house without an umbrella. The rain waits for no one and in fact is slightly sadistic and likes to sneak up on you at the most inopportune moments.

Tip 2- Always carry sunglasses. This might seem like a contradiction to tip one, but in fact just as quickly as the rain comes it goes. I realize that I come from the Sunshine State, but I swear that the sun shines with more intensity up here.

Tip 3- Become insensitive. It is impossible to walk anywhere without being asked for change by someone or to give money to some sort of organization. Given my current negative income this has actually become slightly easy (I am almost to the point of considering myself a charity case).

Tip 4- When riding the T (Boston’s subway) alone have some sort of entertainment. Be it an iPod and game, my new addiction is Brick Breaker on my Crackberry. Without some sort of distraction you are more likely to stare at some of the very crazy things that you can stumble upon in Mass transit. The other day I saw a dog in a stroller!

Tip 5- Wear comfortable shoes if you do not have a definite plan for the day. My feet have been severely punished because my lack of planning. If you do not have a plan for the day you will be walking much more that you anticipated, trust me! Without a plan (and a desperate need to kill time) walking around the city is you best bet for cheap entertainment, unfortunately on more than one occasion I have been caught without the proper footwear on a cross city trek.

These are the tidbits that I have to share so far. I am sure to discover more secrets to city dwelling as my time in New England increases. Keep them in mind for when you come to visit me☺

Wish me luck, send me love, and keep me in your prayers <3

Procrastination Station

I have a meeting today with Quincy Community Action Programs at 2:00 about their head start. I am really excited to make a business contact and hope that this meeting might turn into a job! It would be a very adult job in my book, because it comes with a 3 hour commute everyday. I spent a lot of time yesterday getting ready and now have about two hours before I need to leave. I still have some other little things I could be doing, but instead I have decided to play on the internet. Wish me luck!

Long over due! My first week :)

I’m Here!

Oh my word, I have so much to share that I do not even know where to begin! I love it already. Everything here is exciting and new, and yes a bit scary!

I did not sleep a bit Thursday night and at 4:40 I finally decided that I might as well get up before my 5:00 alarm. My flight was scheduled to leave 7:30, but of course my fabulous luck my Boston flights kicked in. We sat on the tarmac for an hour before we made our way to ATL; this delay was just long enough for me to miss my connecting flight by mere minutes, don’t you love air travel? Never the less any and all mishaps are totally worth flying into the Logan airport. It is GEORGOUS! If you have the option always go for the window seat.

I had a lot of time with my thoughts during my flights, something that I usually try to avoid. The most overwhelming thought that I kept having was of my house back in Tally. I created my first adult home in Golden Park. The majority of my college memories are from the time that I spent there. The two girls that I shared my home with became so much more than just roommates; they became my first non-relative family. Oh if those walls could talk… I will spare you a very long windy trip down memory lane, but needless to say we really will be friends forever.

Now that I have been sappy… I have to say that I am more excited than I have ever been before!!! I spent a good amount of time on the plane making lists of things that I want to do in Boston and some of the weird little things that I can’t wait for. I will share a few, but you must keep your judgments to a minimum.

Things I want to do:

· Visit Cape cod

· Take a trip to NYC

· Take Madison and Harris Whale Watching

· Go to a Red Sox game

· And of course FIND A JOB

A few of the weird little things that I cannot wait for:

· Actually having a Fall!!!

· Using public transportation

· Having visitors J

· Hot beverages in the winter

· The overall lack of humity

· STARTING A JOB!!

Of course there are a few things that I will miss, friends and family being at the top of the list, but there are a few other little things that I may have taken for granted for 22 years.

· Market Days downtown

· Springtime Tallahassee

· Festival of Lights

· Canopy roads

· Have a car to dance in and be silly

· Walks around Lake Ella

I had originally planed to have posted everything above within a day or two of getting here… Oops! So this will be a multipart post.

I have now been up here for seven days… I LOVE IT!! It would be even more lovable if I could find a job, but that is a work in progress. I am trying to learn my way around up here, but unfortunately I got my mother’s sense of direction. Lucky for me, Kayla is a little low on work right now too, so she has had a lot of free time to babysit me.

Although we are both unemployed right now we have done our best to stay busy. We have already walked all around town, seen seven apartments, and spent a good deal of time enjoying some of the lovely weather that Boston is provided every few days.

The job search is ongoing, keep your fingers crossed for meJ I have applied for a dozen or so jobs and have leads on a few more… I’ll be shouting from the roof tops when/if one comes through so loud that yall might be able to hear me.

More to come later and I promise to try to update more often from now on.

Wish me luck, send me love, and keep me in your prayers!

And so it begins...

I created this blog for a few reasons.

1.) For an easy way for my family and friends to stay a part of my new life in the big city

2.) For a way to, hopefully, help me to remember as much as possible about this crazy new life I am about to start

3.) For yet another reason to play on my computer;)

I will be relocating to Boston (Cambridge if you want to get technical) in just 5 very short days. I cannot begin to explain all of the conflicting emotions that I am feeling. I am more excited than I have ever been for anything else in my life. I am terrified out of my mind that I will fail. I am apprehensive about the new climate (I have only been in snow a handful of times). I am elated to be living with my best friend. But more than anything I am sad to leave everyone I love in Florida.

I am going with high hopes of finding a job, a fabulous apartment and some great new friends. I have the promise of all of these things in Tallahassee, but if you know me at all, you know I am not one to take the easy road or stay in one place too long (Yes, I have lived in Tallahassee ALL my life, but to compensate for this I have traveled the globe. Haha!). Now I am embarking on my biggest adventure to date. Wish me luck, send me love, and keep me in your prayers.