☼Sun Drop☼
The street I live on is between two bus stops, and if I get off at the first one, I see this:

Even when it rains, there are blue skies somewhere in Boston. ;) I so would live in this house! Just for the amazing terrace, alone! hehe! (I miss my balcony...)

Today, I ran into Alex while I was on my way to the school. (He is the admissions director and also a main recruiter in my being here...he met me for coffee to talk about the program/school/etc. while he was on a business trip in Ohio last year.) It was a welcome face to see. I am stressed about the exams and the overwhelming amount information about to be thrown at me, but I am so excited to begin school! Here we go adventure (and butt-kicking, meaning they are going to kick mine!)! Also, have I mentioned yet how much I seriously love Boston? ;)

This all still seems so surreal; I feel like I am in some alter-universe or something. I've been here a week now, and it seems like it's been much longer. In a good way, of course! I have settled in quite quickly. I thought there would be a huge "adjustment" period, but I feel like I have just fallen in step (a la Mary Poppins's "Step in Time" haha! ...and I've definitely been doing A LOT of walking!). Still lots of stuff to figure out and much more orienting to be done in my brain, but life is good. God is good to me, and I feel very content about this decision. :) Now, I just need to make some new friends in this place...

After practicing, my plans to explore Back Bay and the South End were thwarted by a sudden torrential thunderstorm. At first, I was slightly irritated, but then, I found myself laughing as I ran through Cambridge in the rain. It was actually a welcome relief for the cool water to splash around because it was extremely hot! Unfortunately, it stopped raining just as quickly as it began and became steamy heat. :-/ Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted. :) More melty heat tomorrow... Blech!

In other news, my friend Anthony may be coming to visit on Monday and Tuesday...crossing fingers!! And according to a photocopy of a computer printout that was mailed to me a month or so ago (tacky, right?! yikes! That so would not fly on Project Runway! haha!), tomorrow afternoon is my 5-year high school class reunion...at an aesthetically unpleasing park pavillion. Oh, boy! Am I saddened to be missing it? Ha! That'd just be a hot mess! Don't have a desire to go to any...although I think it would be highly amusing to show up to a reunion one day dripping in jewels, a kick-ass outfit, and a gorgeous man on my arm (a la The Wedding Date...real or hired would do the trick!) Muahaha! Perhaps... ;) 

Lastly, I'll leave you tonight with a smidge of wisdom that I saw quoted on someone's bag on the T this afternoon: "Do something every day that scares you." :)