First Boston Train Ride

Beege and Ty, originally uploaded by andebos.

Beege came to visit over this Columbus day weekend. It's amazing that I'm only now getting around to blogging about it. In my defense, if I had to compare the last few weeks to something, I imagine they've been similar to the kind of time-stress Noah felt loading the ark. Perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the gist. Well, like I said, several weeks ago Beege came up to visit. She thoroughly enjoyed flying on Midwest with their on-flight baked cookies, highly recommend that airline! She arrived late Friday night and we soon discoverd that we had already misplanned. She purposely stayed awake on the flight figuring I'd be too tired to do anything. I, on the other hand, took a nap since I figured I'd need the energy with her arriving at such a late hour. Alright, let's be honest here, I didn't think a thing about my "tired level" for her arrival, I was tired so I napped. After meeting the roommates we hopped off to bed in preparation for a big weekend. We awoke, well I awoke, Saturday fairly early and waited around for her to crawl out of her bed and start moving around. After that didn't seem to happen I finally started playing music in the room to get her up and rolling. It wasn't reallly that late but it was fun giving sleepy head a hard time. We toured B-town and saw the sights but Beege was more interested in experiencing the city than seeing a bunch of landmarks. I totally agree with this idea because it makes trips much more entertaining. Therefore we just ran around and did this and that. Later on we caught up with some friends for a small birthday bash!

Afterwards we headed back to a friends place for the cake and ice cream that naturally follow birthday festivities.

That night lasted fairly late and we had discussed waking early the next day to climb Mt. Manodnock in New Hampshire the next day. Therefore we went home and crashed. Waking fairly late again we fixed some breakfast, talked with Mike and Kendra about borrowing a tent and seeing if they cared to join us. Unfortunately Mike was getting sick and Beege and I soloed it to the mountain in the early afternoon. We began climbing around five and reached the mountain right at sunset. I created a link at the bottom with all those pictures, the view and climb were gorgeous, but fairly difficult. I daresay that with a decent pack on your back, it would be incredibly difficult. We descended in the dark, hard hard hard, but fun. Arrived safely, grabbed some food and began our fire and then hit the sack. The next morning, on the way out, the place was packed, it seemed everyone and their mother wanted to climb the mountain on Monday. We stopped to see some scarecrows and the locals.

Our last little event was catching up with Bowman for lunchand then taking BJ to a sad departure at the airport. I always get fairly homesick when visitors leave and the last thing I feel like doing is returning to work. But, as always we get back into the grind and life goes on. Having Beege here was a great time. It felt like bringing an exremely strong part of home and placing it here in Boston with me. We of course had the joy of explaining to everyone that just because we're close doesn't mean there is a potential relationship there, some understood and others did not, as is the usual. All in all I was thrilled to have her here - everyone that met her loved her immediately and it was just good to have such a close friend so close in my life again. It made me realize that since meeting in high school, this is the first time in close to ten years that her and I aren't in each others daily lives. We're fortunate enough to have shared such great experiences and proximity for all this time and I cherish her friendship like none other. To me, she's the friend that sticks closer than a sister. Thanks for coming Old Friend! I look forward to seeing you again in a few weeks!...you can find and view our pictures Right Here!