Boston Trip part 1
Okay, well I'm going to attempt to summarize(ish) the past few days.
Got to Emily's (other Emily) on friday night. After my mom left, I realized my foot hurt a little bit, but figured it was just a bruise or something. Then Erica got there. I said hi, and I got a "ohmygodIamsomuchcoolerthanyou" look. That's Erica for you. She seriously has the personality of a towel. We then walked to Starbucks (about a mile or so). Stupid stupid stupid. It's karma, man. I don't understand why I have no problems with veganism, but I always slip up on the fair trade thing. Well, on the way to Starbucks, Emily said something about having an LJ account. I said "You do? So do I!" What an idiot. When she asked for my name I said "Uh...I forgot." She doesn't know that I liked Andy, and I don't want anyone who knows him to know. I don't trust people.
When I woke up in the morning, I couldn't walk. Then I walked on it a little, and I could.
If anyone is confused as to what is happening from this point on, feel free to ask me specific questions. I don't like non-specific questions.
When we got to the church, I knew everyone besides Blin (actually Anna's brother) and Tim. I don't really remember much from the ride up.
When we got there, I was assigned to work on the first floor, which is the computers, phones and (weirdly) water, with Geoff, Andy, and Blin. I was pretty happy about that, because I didn't want to work with anyone but Geoff or Andy, because frankly I can't stand the rest of them sometimes. Besides Anna. I think this is a good time to explain who everyone is:
Anna- The prodigy. She's 16 and a sophmore in college. Although she is part of "the group" (meaning Emily, Erica, and Tammy...pretty rude when they're all together), she doesn't really act like that, and just really goes out of her way to help other people. She was one of the ones who went to Peru with Becky. Even though they killed guinea pigs. Hmmm.
Blin- Anna's brother. Also a prodigy. He's pretty much the same as Anna, except hes taller and doesn't have a vagina.
Emily- I've known Emily all my life. She didn't really have any friends for a while, but now that she does, she completely ignores me when they're around. I don't really care because I did the same thing to her when she was younger. She is also currently obsessed with Geoff.
Tim- Rod's other son, about my age. Maybe I'm biased, but I like Bobby better.
Tammy- Friends with Emily, Erica, and Anna. She is very good at making you feel uncomfortable when you're around her and her friends.
Erica- Tammy minus a few inches and a lot of weight, but that's really mean. Tammy probably has more personality, though. I used to be friends with Erica when we were younger. She complains about everything, and she is an attention whore.
Geoff- Oddly clingy and extremely naive. He asks sort of weird questions. I like being around him a lot more when we're in pubic just sort of fucking around. One-on-one conversations with him are often very uncomfortable.
Andy- We were pretty close two years ago, but we just sort of lost touch. Until this past summer, when he was at Pilgrim Pines when I was there, and asked me if my name was Lyndsay, and I said "Who are...HOLY FUCKING SHIT ITS MEEKER!". After that, I was madly in love with him off and on until March, when I gave up. He has changed so much since even last summer. He drinks a lot now, and has turned into quite a horny little bastard, and he's slightly rude about it. He has a girlfriend, but throughout the whole trip was wearing dark aviators (which were awesome) so he could check out every girl that walked past. But, nonetheless, he's a really good friend. Probably more so than he used to be, because he is no longer so damn innocent.
Okay, so when we got there, we were told that there weren't going to be many people let off the ship, so things were expected to be pretty quiet. When we got settled, Andy made a fort and took a nap because he was hungover. Geoff, Blin and I just sort of hung out and talked about weird stuff the whole time. I got to know Blin, and he's a pretty cool guy. Then we went into Quincy Market. We were told to just sort of go off in groups and come back at a certain time. Well, promptly after Becky said that, all the girls left together. I didn't really mind, though. Before going off, Geoff, Andy, and I (Tim stayed with his Dad the whole time) just sort of stood around for a while. I noticed Blin has one of those cool calculator watches, and he let me play with it. I heard him whisper "Hey, I didn't think this would be a chick magnet" to Andy. Haha.
So we just kind of walked for a while. They were being extremely extrememly considerate by walking very slow with me. Then we ate up in the dome thing. By that time, my foot was hurting increasingly worse. After I ordered my hummus wrap and walked up all those stairs, I realized he had given me a vegetable wrap instead. I was also feeling sort of nauseous, and I really didn't want to eat that particular thing. So, I went down to see what else there was and maybe get a drink. I ordered miso and green tea at a chinese place. They were out of both. So I limped back up the stairs. When I said they didn't have any miso, Geoff was going to give me his from the other place, but I said I didn't want it. I hate when that happens. You feel bad if you take it, but they feel bad if you don't. So we argued for a few minutes until I was like "Dude...I don't want your fucking miso" and replied "okay" and Anna yelled at him for it. After that, Geoff and I went off by ourselves and sat down against some building we were supposed to meet everyone at. We were there for about half an hour, and the pain in my foot doubled, and it started to swell. I had said I didn't want to go to the doctor, but by the time the rest of the group got there, I was close to tears. Anna and Becky practically carried me to the van.
When we got to the church we were staying at, Geoff was really excited because he found a wheelchair for me, and Andy and I laughed because of the wheelchair incident a few years ago, which confused Geoff because he didn't know about it. About 45 minutes later, the pain was seriously unbearable, and my foot, ankle, and toes were swelling a lot. I was sort of crying, and Geoff and Andy were sitting with me and looking at me pitifully. Meh.
So then Becky took me to the emergency room. Right when we got into the car, I started crying hysterically. I cried through the triage thing and registration, and for another hour after that. Then Becky gave me a few more ibufrofen and it got a little better. After that, we went outside to call my mom. There was this lady outside that I had seen earlier just walking around the hospital, who was obviously a patient. She looked to be in her late thirties, and had quite a few cuts on her wrists and arm. She was smoking a cigarette, and said to me "Sweetie, do you need a cigarette?", and I politely said "No thanks" and she was like "Oh my God, you're too young to smoke! Never start smoking!" and I said okay. But she was really nice and I think she talked to me more, but I don't remember. Then we went back inside and Becky asked me if I ever smoked pot. Meh. We also talked a little about religion. She really helped clear up a few things in my mind. She's the only Christian I've ever met who believes people are judged on their heart rather than who they worship. That made me feel a lot better that she does have that opinion. Even though she was trying to be all shrinky about the marijuana issue.
So after about two hours of excruciating pain and an hour of just pain, I got called in. Turns out I have tendonitis, not the suspected stress fracture. I would have preferred the stress fracture. The doctor looked exactly like Kater. The resemblence was fucking uncanny. So, I got crutches, and was told I could have four ibuprofen every eight hours. Good deal.
Damnit. I'm really tired, so I'll write about the rest of the trip tomorrow.