Dear Boston, please don't tow my car tonight.

Love, Julie.


AAAHHH I MADE IT!!!! after a day of being completely unmotivated, i made it to boston. i don't know what it was about today, but i couldn't make myself do anything. i blame it on the rigorous course of antibiotics i am on.

(i realized that i will really be taking a pill every 6ish hours for the next week. that's intense.)

(it's easier for me to think of it in hours, rather than days. 4 pills a day. what? a pill every 6 hours. okay.)

anyways, i took a bath this afternoon which wasn't expected. i got in to take a shower, but then i got too tired and cold and didn't want to get out. so, instead i filled the tub and took a mini-bath.

i packed my bag. straightened up the house. cuddled Ruby Tuesday, who knew i was leaving, i think because she was making me feel very guilty by being so sweet and cuddly.

around, 7ish i left my house. i had to stop and get gas. and then i stopped at the atm. and then i stopped at Dunkin Donuts. here's what happened there:

i walk into Dunkers and there is a guy mopping the floor:

DUNKERS WORKER: Hi, how are you?
JULIE: Good, how are you?
DUNKERS WORKER: Good thanks. (says the name of other employee) will be right with you.
JULIE: Ok, great.
(a minute passes)
DUNKERS WORKER: So, are you a student around here?
JULIE: Um, no. I...work.
DUNKERS WORKER: Oh, well that's good too.
JULIE: Yeah...
(then he leaves to go wash the bathroom floor. and then he comes back.)
DUNKERS WORKER: Whoa! You've got green streaks in your hair!!!
JULIE: Yes I do!
DUNKERS WORKER: That's pretty awesome.
JULIE: Thanks.
DUNKERS WORKER: Green is my favorite color.
JULIE: Mine too!
(a minute passes)
DUNKERS WORKER: Well, you seem like a pretty cool person. I hope I see more of you.
JULIE: Well....I come in here sometimes.
DUNKERS WORKER: Cool. I wish I knew my schedule... but it's all messed up.
JULIE: Ohhhh.....

and then when i was leaving he told me to have a wonderful night.

YEAH. THAT HAPPENED. he seemed like a nice guy. had a lip ring. kind of reminded me of Jonah Hill. i like that he said i seemed cool. because of my teal streaks. i was also wearing my teal jacket.

(lots of profanities are being screamed outside the window right now)

ANYWAYS. good encounter at Dunkers. maybe i'll go in again. maybe i won't.

so then i headed off to Boston. finally left around 7:30ish. maybe. had a good drive. started to get a little nervous once i approached the city. just because i am not a confident driver. and i hadn't been "city driving" in the new car before. i'm still not sure of it's size.

so, i get off at the exit. and i think i'm doing all the right things. but, then somehow, i don't end up on Mass Ave. in looking at the Google Maps afterwards, i think i took the 'slightly straight right hand turn' as opposed to the 'really right hand turn' and ended up on the wrong street.

BUT! luckily, the wrong street ended up turning into the street that Ryan lives on! um, awesome!

and i was driving and suddenly thought, 'wait a minute....i recognize this from Google Street View!' and i knew i was on the right street. BUT THEN! there was no parking. so, i had to keep going. and i ended up mildly lost. i stayed on her street for a long time until finally there looked to be confusing construction things happening up ahead, so i turned right. and then found a 'non-parking spot' to stop for a minute while i got out my handy GPS.

AND now that i have TWO POWER OUTLETS in my car, i can use both the GPS charger and the ipod charger at the same time!!!! it's truly amazing.

so, i put in her address and it was very easy to get back to. and then i turned onto her street and saw a parking spot, but it was on the other side of the street.

so i quickly made a left hand turn. then a right hand turn. and then another right hand turn back onto her street. and GOT THE SPOT. i think it's a real parking spot. the length between the car i parked in front of, and the "no parking here to corner" sign was EXACTLY the length of my car. so, i fit in there.

and please Boston, don't tow me. that would put a crack in the awesomeness that will be thursday.

so, that was the mini parking saga. which, was kind of the worst, because i stress about parking. but it ended up okay. and i made it!! Ryan greeted me at the door and it was very exciting!!! her apartment is super nice! and her roommates Tony and Brent are also super nice!!!! it's been very fun so far. we hung around for a while listening to really great music.

TOMORROW will be awesome. actually, it's today. and it's already starting out awesome. OOHHHH I'M SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!

when i was driving here, listening to Crash Kings, i thought, "holy crap i can't believe i'm going to see them tomorrow!!!!!!!"

it's going to rock.

and my ear is getting better. it's not as swollen. it's kind of turning black....but i'm not worrying about that. not the whole ear, just the bump part. it's still a bump, but now a tiny one. before it was so big that it was almost touching my head. YEAH NO KIDDING. that's how swollen it was. but not anymore. it does still hurt sometimes.

anyways....

maybe i'm getting tired. i'm blogging from Ryan's room. it's almost 2am. she has class in the morning until 2pm. and then we will leave! and PUNCH IT all the way to Pennsylvania.

i don't believe i've ever been to Pennsylvania. when Aliya and i roadtripped from Florida to Massachusetts, we passed through Maryland, Delaware and then into New Jersey. so, i think we skipped PA.

i'm excited!!!! a new state!!!!!! how awesome. and a new state plus Crash Kings. any state that Crash Kings are in goes to the top of the "Best State" list. yeah. that's something else i'm implementing when i become president. The Best State List.

i'm kidding. all states are equal.

(except when Crash Kings are there...then that state is a little better than all the rest.)

ok. well. i hope everyone is having a great time. doing whatever you are doing in the moments after you stop reading this blog post.

i may or may not talk to you in the morning. we'll seeeee.

have a great thursday!!!!!!
<3
lovetoyou!