What's Going On In Mass?

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What's going on in Mass? Freaking hilarious stories, that's what! The other night my friend Bowman turned the whopping 28 years old! You know what annoys me about this guy...he notices things in me, not a little while before I might, but he recognizes emotions in me before I even know they exist....long story, anyway. Last week I took the fourth graders on an overnight in the Berkshires. Out there we camped at a YMCA camp, it reminded me of scout camp watered down to the extreme. But, the facilities were amazing and the program was just right for us and our nine year olds. While out there we did some rock climbing, team building, camp firin' and low ropes coursin.' We returned to Boston late Friday afternoon where I received a text from Bowman to meet up at Border Cafe in Harvard Square. Not entirely sure why...as I had forgotten his birthday, "ugh, idiot!" I ventured out to meet at seven. Sure I would be late, I arrived first. This place is always nuts on the weekend, easily an hour wait. The other tricky part is that you cannot even put your name in this list unless everyone in your party is present, yikes, little intense huh? Well, I had the brilliant of idea of putting our name in even though not everyone had arrived, seemed like a good idea considering most groups our size were waiting for about an hour. Therefore, I went inside, put our name on the list, lied that everyone was there, and came back out to the four of us there so far....here comes the oops. As soon as I got outside our buzzer rang. I figured it was a mistake, it wasn't - so now we were stuck in a tight spot of being two people short, great. But, we didn't want to tell them no and go to the bottom of the list again so here's where the story gets more interesting. Tyler does some sweet talking and manages to get this random couple to sit with us while they waited for their table. Seemed like a good idea, we all go in, they get up and go sit down when their spot opens up, we say they're in the bathroom until our other two friends show up in a few minutes, no big deal. Except, they seat us right by the door where all the waitresses, managers, and everyone is hanging about - oops again. Eventually this crew had to leave and we were stuck with two empty seats, naturally getting asked, "where are these two?" as this place is nazi central in terms of full seats! Well, more lying as we're all squirming in our chairs. Unfortunately, one friend didn't arrive for another 45min and as far as the waitress knew, he was in the bathroom (doubt she believed that). The best part of the night was the ugly looks we received as our original group had obviously been replaced with two people - oh well. By the end of the night though, the waitresses loved us, the managers were helpful - all because of my friends birthday. I had snuck out, pretending to be on the phone with a "girl" and ran across the street to have a cake delivered, made arrangements with the manager and maitre d to have bday songs sung, and the whole plan pulled off without a single problem! It was beautiful! All in all, a great story now! Other than that, I love my new place, my new sanctuary / cave - this place needs some decor and a touch here and there, but it's so comfortable and in a great location. Things they are a going great and I'll keep you informed best I can - life is busy with the first weeks of teaching but my class is a great group of kiddos and I love em'

"It's my life and its sure fun, Another season of my lifes begun, Another race I'm glad I get to run, Another chapter of my life I'm writin. No, I'm never gonna feel like this again, Times rushin by me like the wind, Got to grab each moment that I can, Cause I'm never gonna feel like this again"