Blessed am I

(I couldn't help the improper Yoda grammar, i just saw the third Star Wars again.) Anyways I just got back into Boston. I don't know if the air pressure in my ears hasn't stabilized yet, or it's just the exhaustion but i'm feeling quite loopy. Hence it is the perfect time to make a quick "holla" (as Pat would say) to all of my wonderful friends. I was feeling quite under the weather for the duration of my visit to Ohio. I am blessed to know the lovely people that I do, in that although I was sick and fairly grumpy they came and entertained me. So, I still got to do most of the things that I wanted to do including: saying goodbye to Zach (I miss you already!), spending some quality LOST time with Elaine, Jason, and my lovely life partner Ms. Lauren Michelle, and ponder deep thoughts with Kyle. I also have to send love to my mom and brother because let's face it, I was a HUGE pain in the ass :). So before I pass out, THANKS EVERYONE! I'll see you at Christmas, I promise to be more well behaved (and awake, haha).

O-H-I-O

Yes, I'm home. I got yelled at this morning by Zach because I didn't post a new blog yet. I am totally wiped out tho. I think the days in the hospital, running around with Zach, and our full day of travel has finally caught up with me. I hope to spend the rest of the evening in front of the fireplace wrapped up in a deliciously warm blanket. It's snowing here, the ground is almost covered! Tomorrow we will head up to Sandusky and Port Clinton to see the familia for Thanksgiving. Ok i'm going back to my warm fireside seat! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

This is the true story of two blogs...

picked to come together in a city brimming with history, to see what happens when two good friends stop being polite, (not like we were ever polite to begin with) and start getting real! Ok this picture is especially for Gem... GUESS WHERE I AM? The Boston Real World House! Yes, this counts as a historical landmark. The house was actually kind of disappointing. It's now a community center. We looked in all the windows and I think we freaked out the lady who was inside. :)


To check out an extremely detailed account of mine and Zach's adventures over the past few days, check out Zach's Blog . Let me just say I am one tired chick. We walked EVERYWHERE and saw EVERYTHING. The most interesting part to me was the Granary Cemetary, which is a stop off the freedom trail. Many of you know I have a peculiar interest in cemetaries, and this particular cemetary was no exception. Some of the stones were from the 1600's! I think the oldest one we saw was 1668.

Benjamin Franklin's parents were buried here, along with Paul Revere. Zach's two fingers are supposed to signify the "two if by sea" saying. We also saw Paul Revere's house, the Old North Church, and all kinds of other historical stuff. I'll show you more pictures when I am less tired.

Ok i'm off to bed. I'm flying home tomorrow, so I need my rest!

Free at last...

So, after a sigmiodoscopy, 3 enemas, a CT scan, a chest x-ray, numerous blood tests,a BLOOD TRANSFUSION (what!) and three nights in the hospital, I'M HOME! Well I'm not home home, but I'm at my house in Somerville recovering. Zach made it here safe and sound last night. Kat was nice enough to pick him up from the airport. Right now i'm just resting here on the couch with Zach and Rachele

We're watching the OSU v. Michigan game, GO BUCKS!!! The picture is the lame attempt at the "o" and "h" from ohio. Whatever. Anyways, I'm tired so I'm about to take a nap. I've got to rest up today so I can entertain Zach tomorrow. P.S. anyone who had a hand in the making the "Zachage" gets my thanks! :)

it's fall (for a few days at least)

These are not my shoes in case you were wondering. This weekend on Boston Common they had an art exhibit that had all of these random shoes out (see other picture). They had a whole section of boots representing the over 2,000 members of the military that have died in Iraq. There were other groups of shoes representing Iraqi citizens who have died to date.

I know it sounds kind of weird, but it was actually really sad. I wasn't sure at first if these were the actual shoes that belonged to people, but then after I thought about that it didn't make much sense.

All of the military boots are in this picture. Some of them had stories about the soldiers that were written by their families.


You can kinda see the leaves changing, it's really pretty. I like it best when they all turn red.


In other news: I got an A on that huge midterm paper! Hurray I don't have to drop out of graduate school! (For those of you who don't know, if I get a B- GPA they take away all my money and i'm pretty much done for.)

it's November, finally!

And you all know what that means, Robyn comes home! I'll be in Ohio from the 22-28th for Thanksgiving break! Also, Zach is coming to visit before he runs off to Malaysia. It turns out that the snow from Saturday (see post below) set a record, and that usually doesn't happen here in October. Today it was in the 60s and beautiful, this place is so random.

I've got one random thing to rant about. Colon cancer. It's 2nd on the list of "cancers that kill people" (yea I sound like moron but i couldn't think of a better way to say that). It is also 90% CURABLE if caught early (before it metastisizes). So, if you're over the age of 50, have a parent or sibling that has or has died of colon cancer, or have an IBD, go get a damn colonoscopy. Yes, they kind of suck but if your test is clear you are set for 10 years. The test isn't the bad part - the drugs that they give you are kind of fun, it's the prep that is a pain in the ass (pun intended). I have a feeling that this is going to be my life's work - getting people to talk about their bowels. *Sigh*