Brian spent all day Friday at school for a colloquium and meeting for a presentation he has on Monday with Nichole. I headed over to BC around 3:00 to read in the library until they were done with their meeting. Then, Nichole and her husband, Daryn (who is in another class of Brian's), drove us to their house in Waltham to have dinner. Authentic Tacos with homemade tortillas!! It was great!! We hung out there for a few hours and had a really great time getting to know them. We then walked our way to the bus stop where we had to wait about 40 minutes for the bus and then we got lost transitioning between bus connections. I was so frustrated that google maps doesn't give you the connecting route and to make matters worse, the intersection was for 6 roads so we had no clue which to walk down AND it was raining. We eventually asked a bus driver where our pick up location was and he told us "over the bridge and across the street". As we were waiting to cross the street (because here in Boston you never know when the walk sign will turn green [they have a horrible system here, surprisingly since its such a pedestrian city]), we saw the bus we needed to get on just pulling away from the stop. We at least knew now where we needed to be, but had to wait about 30 more minutes for the next one. Ay yi yi. It was a learning experience...
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he theology department was having a retreat this weekend, but we decided to just go up for the day on Saturday so that Brian could get some homework done. He arranged for us to get a ride with a classmate named Jen who lives pretty close by. She picked us up around 4 and we made our way to the Jesuit retreat center in Cohasset. We got lost quite a few times on the way (even with 2 sets of directions), but we finally made it there just in time for dinner and the sun setting beautifully on the water. This retreat center was absolutely gorgeous! Such a peaceful place to spend some time and the house was quite impressive too. We stayed until about 8:3o or so socializing and getting to know people and then headed home. We had such a great time and met some really neat people. The way home went much quicker because we took the freeway, but then we hit a ton of traffic due to a Red Sox game, but we enjoyed talking to Jen and getting to know her too.
Sunday we went to St. Ignatius for mass, but we went at 10:00 for
the first time. Daryn and Nichole were there - she was teaching confirmation after mass and then Brian and her were meeting at 12:30 to go over their presentation once more. It was fun to be at mass and see a familiar face - since we used to know so many people at San Antonio masses.
It's been a lot of fun getting to know people and picking their brains on attire and preparations for the winter. Most of the people we have met are from all over - Florida, Colorado, Canada, Minnesota, but almost all of them have lived or at least been to California at some point in their lives. In addition, Daryn & Nichole just got married in August, Angel & Dan were married in April, and Jen just got engaged. Just some fun little observations :)
It has been getting much colder lately! It was in the upper 50's when we were in Cohasset by the water, but then when we left for church at 9:45 am it was 50 degrees out. However, my husband still decided to wear shorts and a t-shirt, but I was bundled up with boots, scarf and jacket.
We had such a nice weekend and it was fun to see some different areas of Massachusetts...and by car!! It's totally different, but increased my fear of driving here. The streets here are ridiculous and their signage is horrible! I will definitely need a GPS once I start driving here, which hopefully won't be anytime too soon (although I do miss the convenience and freedom of my own vehicle). For now, I will stick to the public transportation, which is kinda fun. :)
he theology department was having a retreat this weekend, but we decided to just go up for the day on Saturday so that Brian could get some homework done. He arranged for us to get a ride with a classmate named Jen who lives pretty close by. She picked us up around 4 and we made our way to the Jesuit retreat center in Cohasset. We got lost quite a few times on the way (even with 2 sets of directions), but we finally made it there just in time for dinner and the sun setting beautifully on the water. This retreat center was absolutely gorgeous! Such a peaceful place to spend some time and the house was quite impressive too. We stayed until about 8:3o or so socializing and getting to know people and then headed home. We had such a great time and met some really neat people. The way home went much quicker because we took the freeway, but then we hit a ton of traffic due to a Red Sox game, but we enjoyed talking to Jen and getting to know her too.Sunday we went to St. Ignatius for mass, but we went at 10:00 for
the first time. Daryn and Nichole were there - she was teaching confirmation after mass and then Brian and her were meeting at 12:30 to go over their presentation once more. It was fun to be at mass and see a familiar face - since we used to know so many people at San Antonio masses.It's been a lot of fun getting to know people and picking their brains on attire and preparations for the winter. Most of the people we have met are from all over - Florida, Colorado, Canada, Minnesota, but almost all of them have lived or at least been to California at some point in their lives. In addition, Daryn & Nichole just got married in August, Angel & Dan were married in April, and Jen just got engaged. Just some fun little observations :)
It has been getting much colder lately! It was in the upper 50's when we were in Cohasset by the water, but then when we left for church at 9:45 am it was 50 degrees out. However, my husband still decided to wear shorts and a t-shirt, but I was bundled up with boots, scarf and jacket.We had such a nice weekend and it was fun to see some different areas of Massachusetts...and by car!! It's totally different, but increased my fear of driving here. The streets here are ridiculous and their signage is horrible! I will definitely need a GPS once I start driving here, which hopefully won't be anytime too soon (although I do miss the convenience and freedom of my own vehicle). For now, I will stick to the public transportation, which is kinda fun. :)
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