Well.
Vacation is almost over and I have done essentially nothing useful. It was kind of nice.
Skulked around the house Monday. I had an invite to go to the Marathon with Steven and his kids, but crowds and I aren't such good buddies. Ultimately, it was kind of chilly too, so I passed. The jackhammer fairy visited us that night, too. I assume there was a gas leak and it better have been worth it because they kept me up until 2am. Not Awesome. Originally, I was supposed to do UMass shit Tuesday, but after a lot of crankies, tireds, and a frakking jumper on the train we were on, I said the hell with it and came home to nap.
Dear UMass, I hate you lots. Please die. As of right now, I still have two IFs instead of the Ws they're supposed to be. I suppose it shall be back to ringing them.
Yesterday was great. It was warm and sunny and made of win.
jesheckahlynn sent me tea, which arrived right before I headed into the city for the day. I hit all the trains perfectly. The ride was nice, my iPod was spitting out good music, and it wasn't crowded. And if I didn't mention it enough before, the weather was GORGEOUS. It had to be in the mid-80s.
I caught the last 20 minutes of Steven's classes and then we headed down to the Common and the Public Gardens so I could take pictures. As it turned out, the line for the Swan Boats wasn't bad (nor is the cost!), so we wasted a few minutes in line and took a ride. They're pretty fun, especially for the price. I also got a few nice pictures from the boats.
Because it was a game night, we opted to loiter round the city for a bit so we could avoid the influx. We ended up having dinner at Chacarero's, which we haven't been to in ages, probably since before Filene's Basement closed. It was great, as always. We still had time to kill after, so we caught up with Sam at the Green Dragon for beer and really good calmari. It was, in fact, some of the best I've had.
Today, I kicked it around here. I took almost 200 photos yesterday and dumped them today. I didn't get as much done with them as I wanted because, for some reason, iPhoto and Photoshop aren't friends this week and I can't drag and drop. I have to manually open them and the library is also being hinky, so I need to actually copy them to the desktop before I can edit them. Joy. It looks like there are some beautiful ones, though, so I'm happy. I'm going to try and post some tomorrow.
Since I walked over 2 miles yesterday, I figured I'd go out for a walk today, since it was also nice. It was a quick mile and I've walked it before, no issues. My achilles tendons did not like it at all today. I felt like I had spikes jammed up my legs. I don't know what was wrong, since I've walked it in crappier shoes before. I grabbed a coffee to ease my suffering, then came home and made with the yoga. My knee isn't exactly thanking me, but at least I haven't fallen off the exercise bandwagon this week.
Mum's first anniversary was today, so I have to get their card to them soon. Less drama about that this year.
Tomorrow is Battlestar night and Saturday, we're going to go to Grandpa's and seed his lawn/play with kittehs. I need to do laundry soon and I also need to buy shorts/capris because nothing I have either fits or it's old and I don't like how it fits. I don't know if I feel like doing that this week-end.
New icon, at least.
Skulked around the house Monday. I had an invite to go to the Marathon with Steven and his kids, but crowds and I aren't such good buddies. Ultimately, it was kind of chilly too, so I passed. The jackhammer fairy visited us that night, too. I assume there was a gas leak and it better have been worth it because they kept me up until 2am. Not Awesome. Originally, I was supposed to do UMass shit Tuesday, but after a lot of crankies, tireds, and a frakking jumper on the train we were on, I said the hell with it and came home to nap.
Dear UMass, I hate you lots. Please die. As of right now, I still have two IFs instead of the Ws they're supposed to be. I suppose it shall be back to ringing them.
Yesterday was great. It was warm and sunny and made of win.
jesheckahlynn sent me tea, which arrived right before I headed into the city for the day. I hit all the trains perfectly. The ride was nice, my iPod was spitting out good music, and it wasn't crowded. And if I didn't mention it enough before, the weather was GORGEOUS. It had to be in the mid-80s.
I caught the last 20 minutes of Steven's classes and then we headed down to the Common and the Public Gardens so I could take pictures. As it turned out, the line for the Swan Boats wasn't bad (nor is the cost!), so we wasted a few minutes in line and took a ride. They're pretty fun, especially for the price. I also got a few nice pictures from the boats.
Because it was a game night, we opted to loiter round the city for a bit so we could avoid the influx. We ended up having dinner at Chacarero's, which we haven't been to in ages, probably since before Filene's Basement closed. It was great, as always. We still had time to kill after, so we caught up with Sam at the Green Dragon for beer and really good calmari. It was, in fact, some of the best I've had.
Today, I kicked it around here. I took almost 200 photos yesterday and dumped them today. I didn't get as much done with them as I wanted because, for some reason, iPhoto and Photoshop aren't friends this week and I can't drag and drop. I have to manually open them and the library is also being hinky, so I need to actually copy them to the desktop before I can edit them. Joy. It looks like there are some beautiful ones, though, so I'm happy. I'm going to try and post some tomorrow.
Since I walked over 2 miles yesterday, I figured I'd go out for a walk today, since it was also nice. It was a quick mile and I've walked it before, no issues. My achilles tendons did not like it at all today. I felt like I had spikes jammed up my legs. I don't know what was wrong, since I've walked it in crappier shoes before. I grabbed a coffee to ease my suffering, then came home and made with the yoga. My knee isn't exactly thanking me, but at least I haven't fallen off the exercise bandwagon this week.
Mum's first anniversary was today, so I have to get their card to them soon. Less drama about that this year.
Tomorrow is Battlestar night and Saturday, we're going to go to Grandpa's and seed his lawn/play with kittehs. I need to do laundry soon and I also need to buy shorts/capris because nothing I have either fits or it's old and I don't like how it fits. I don't know if I feel like doing that this week-end.
New icon, at least.