debbie
A day out on the town.
November 05, 2005
Ah! Finally! I am through with mid-terms. I can return to my normal schedule. Mid-terms always are disruptive, which is probably what I hate more than the actual taking of tests. I dunno, I am not a fan of tests. I know I did pretty good on two of them, we are still holding our breath on Japanese. ANYhoo.
It was a pretty uneventful week, which is a good thing. I was finally able to get to be a tourist in my adopted hometown of Boston, which was a first in nearly a month. I have been so wrapped up with school work and Crew, I have forgotten that I even live in the city. My life has been Brookline Ave, Longwood and Fenway. Chris came up for a visit this weekend, which was wonderful. It’s been three weeks since I have seen him. Geeze, you would think I am some hermit to hear me talk. Heh. Truly I am not.
Chris and I went down to Quincy Market to meet my old school, NCCC [Which had come up on their annual Boston trip], and to hang out with some friends for the day. Emily, her boyfriend Paul, Jason and his friend Ryan all traveled in our NCCC/Simmons posse. Paul wanted to go to the Garment District [not an actual district, but a cool clothing/costume store], and I figured they would have fun at Harvard Square since it was only two T stops away from said store. It took some time to find the right T line [I hadn’t been downtown in a while! I forgot where the closest red line was!].
Although, at one point, we were asked by a guy to give him a credit card that we weren’t using. Emily declined, and I just laughed at her. I am a bold person, but not that bold.
But we hopped on at Downtown Crossing. It was a pretty uneventful ride, though it’s always fun to watch Chris on the T. He’s not the biggest train fan. I showed him where we practice Crew on the Charles when we went over the Longfellow bridge. I know. I’m a dork.
Harvard Square was the same as always, we just went into a couple of shops, I bought some more pocky and some cookies from the Anime Shop “Tokyo Kid”. The only reason why I mention that, is the cookie box is written in Katakana [form of Japanese writing] and I can read it. I couldn’t tell you what it meant, but I can read it to you if you asked.
On our way back into town, we stopped in at the Garment District. OH MY GOSH. It was SO awesome [like, totally]. The downstairs portion had a buy clothing by the pound [@ $1.50/lb], where the clothing was strewn about the floor. I spent about a good 20 minutes picking through, feeling like a bum grabbing as much stuff as I could. But in the end, I walked away with only two items [ I’m cheap], which cost me [actually Chris…ha ha] only $2.10. I found this beautiful shear orange curtain for my room, and a neat army rucksack. Upstairs had more expensive items, more meant for costumes than for everyday wear….though that didn’t stop some people. I am going to return again sometime if I am in need of clothing - I have a place to go as a cheap college student.
The day was topped off by returning to Quincy Market for dinner. Jason remarked “Mother Nature turned the A/C on!!!”. We all laughed, though it was true. It had been a picture perfect day [atypical in November IN Boston], sunny and warm. So none of us were truly prepared to be walking around at night, i.e. wearing light layers. I can just hear my mom right now saying, “Well DUH, it’s freaking November. In Boston! What do you expect?” Thanks mom!
After dinner, everyone else wanted to go out to get something to drink afterwards, but Chris and I decided to call it a night. As is the custom in Boston, there was a LOT of walking done today. My feet are tired, and I think I have a couple of blisters festering. Note to self: Never wear clogs without socks on when you plan to do a lot of walking.
We said our good-byes, it was kinda sad to see everyone go. It was great that we all could share the day together. I think it was the best way to end the past two [stressful] weeks of mid-terms. It was also nice to be reminded why I came to Simmons in the first place, the Bostonian experience.
~Debbie
Oh! And on Wednesday, Crew had to run a 3k [a little less than 2 miles], I shaved 5 minutes of the first run. I am down to 18 min. Pretty impressive considering I don’t do anything physical on the team. I’m just “dead weight” as everyone likes to call me. Ha ha. Yeah. Thanks.
Posted by debbie13 at November 5, 2005 10:01 PM