BUT, I might as well recall my summer highlights. I was ecstatic to attend my very first Red Sox game this summer! That is number one, in order of occurrence. Living 20 minutes outside of Boston, you would have thought I'd visited Fenway at some point in the last 19 years, but no! Andrew surprised me with Red Sox tickets for June 17th! We spent the afternoon in Boston until the game and saw the Red Sox beat the Brewers!
The next highlight was definitely going to Cape Cod with Andrew and his family. I had only been to Cape Cod once in my life, but this time I was at the end of the arm in Truro, 15 minutes outside of Provincetown. The car ride was long but consisted of sleep and snacking, after a 4 hour trek we found ourselves at the Seascape Motor Inn right at the edge of the Bay in the arm of Cape Cod. We spent a week on the beach, over at the pool, and in Provincetown. P-Town is so vibrant and I actually fell madly in love with it. I had to store it in the back of my mind that at some point in my life I want to settle in Provincetown and live there for the remainder of my days. It was a life changing trip!
The most spectacular and memorable events I attended this summer took place in Boston at the Bank of America Pavilion and at the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival in Burlington, Vermont. O.A.R is my favorite band, all thanks to Andrew, and both Andrew and I had the opportunity to see them live in concert two days in a row! On August 10 me, Andrew, his brother Colin, and Morgan got to see them in Boston with the opening band, SOJA. It was a GREAT show and such a fantastic experience seeing them live in concert. We were out of control while they performed. But the next day just Andrew and I drove up to VT to see them again. Not only did we watch their soundcheck up front and personal, we ended up with front row seats the whole show and met Michael Paris and Richard On of the band! Marc the lead singer also blew me a kiss, which made my heart sink, I can't deny! The absolute best and once in a lifetime concert experience that I wouldn't trade for the world.
The summer was awesome and hectic and awful all in one, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Now I'm back at school in VT and it is pretty tough. Andrew lives in Lakeview, which is a hall on campus specifically for sophomores. Lauren also lives there. I live in Spinner Place, which is an apartment complex in Winooski, a 15 minute shuttle ride. I live with my co-worker, Cara, who will be graduating this year and for the most part it is working out perfectly. It has taken some getting used to, but I cannot complain. The first few weeks were rough due to personal problems on both of our ends, but we are very compatible roommates. My classes are tough this year and very demanding. I've spent almost all of my free time doing homework or working in the Student Ambassador's office.
Buying my own groceries is hard as well. My paycheck is almost always entirely spent after I put a certain amount in my savings account. Getting used to adult adjustments is a difficult change and I don't complain because it needs to happen. I'm also lucky that I get to experience living on my own in a sense with my utilities covered. Seriously, I wouldn't be able to do it on my own yet! Andrew and I have been struggling with not living in the same building, but we are making it work and enjoying the time we have together as life becomes more and more complicated.
It's growing up time and I'm not sure I'll ever be truly prepared for it. I'll hope for the best and see what this year has to offer me!
For now this post has exhausted itself. I'll hopefully keep up with this now that I've acknowledged its existence once again! Toodles.
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