5, & 4. They have never had a babysitter before either, so they were excited to have me there I think. :) It was fun. While I was babysitting, Brian went to check out this Organic/Vegan place she told us about not too far away called Life Alive in Cambridge (pic on the left). Downstairs they have a lounge so he hung out there and worked on his last paper. Around midnight, once most places were closed, Brian came back to the house and kept me company. At 12:30am I texted the mom telling her that our last bus left at 1, and she said they would just pay for our cab home since it would be more like 1:30. I told her no, but when they got home their was a cab already waiting for us outside and they had already paid & tipped the driver!! Because of that we tried to give them some of the money back and they looked at us like we were crazy for not taking it. We are very thankful for this opportunity and that they are such kind people. She went to BC and was studying nursing, but changed to English. She said she might be able to help find me a nursing job through some of her friends, which would be great, but I am planning on babysitting for her a few times a week until a nursing job comes along.We also met a couple for dog walking last week and did a "trial walk" with the dogs over the weekend. They have 2 beagles, but the 1 yr old pup doesn't really know how to walk on a leash and she just pulls herself the whole time, while howling (or beagle barking). It's actually sad to watch her - it would be so much more comfortable for her if she could just walk normal on the leash. Brian and I are determined to train her! haha. Their names are Baxter & Millie :) I'm sure I will take pictures at some point. The guy came home last week to a huge mess in the house so he wanted to have someone come and let them out/walk them during the day, so that's me now. They're a really nice couple and I will probably be walking their dogs 3x a week for now.
After our trial walk, we waited for a bus in the freezing cold for almost an hour! We started to get inpatient and called people to help us determine if that bus was in fact running - it was. But we were getting cold and I was really inpatient so we walked toward a different bus stop, but on our way we saw the bus that we had been waiting for. So, we ran on it and sure enough it stopped right where we had been standing! Go figure. At least we made it on the bus though. We were heading to Somerville to meet someone for cat sitting during Christmastime - they live about an 8 min walk from the babysitting house. We will be taking care of their cat Loki for 4 days - she needs medication in her ear 2x/day so we will probably just be hanging out in the area during the day. They live in a super nice/new apartment (looks like Irvine or something), but they are preparing to move out because they're expecting a baby soon and need a bigger place. Too bad we can't move in there- haha. Although, we really like our cozy apartment. After seeing some other houses/apartments in the area, we have come to really appreciate ours and how well kept it is here. If only it were a little bigger...
From meeting Loki, we walked about a mile to the Orange subway and headed up to Melrose for game night at Dan & Angel's. They live in a really cute apartment - another complex just like one we would see back home. I almost forgot I was in Boston with the moderness of it, carpeting, spaciousness, etc. We learned how to play BANG, where Brian was the Sheriff (and I was an Outlaw 
trying to kill him, among others. Angel was the Deputy who was trying not to kill him...although everyone's character is unknown except the Sheriff). It was fun and the outlaws won. Then we played Cranium, my favorite game. The brainiac guys won against us girls, twice!!! Then we played Apples to Apples. Fun night!!On Sunday, I babysat again and helped build (or should I say
the kids help me build) a gingerbread train (from a kit, thankfully). I took some pictures to show their parents what the finished train looked like, since all the kids wanted to do the whole time was eat it...and it was quite demolished by the time they got home.While I was babysitting, Brian went and got a haircut and had lunch at Life Alive. Then he came to pick me up and we walked back over to Life Alive for dinner. So, Brian ate there 3 times in the past 3 days - that's pretty much against our rules of eating on Boston (we don't like to eat at the same place twice because there are so many great places!). Here's what we had for dinner:
I got the "Goddess" - brown rice, tofu, carrots, beets, kale and some awesome sauce. Brian got 
the "Lover", which was almost the same but with mushrooms I think. So good and super healthy! This is such a cool place and there should be more of them around. The upstairs is where you order and there are some tables/chairs, a counter with healthy eating/lifestyle books, and some plant life. Then downstairs is a lounge with more tables/chairs and more comfortable/spacious seating, plus a little play area for kids. It's really neat! This is us in the lounge:
Afterward we left Harvard square and headed to St. Clement Shrine for mass. I snapped this picture of the Harvard area street lights before we got on the Subway.
I guess they are dancers or something...I'm not too sure really. Any ideas?So that was our weekend! It was pretty busy and also somewhat stressful getting around within our time constraints, but it was really nice to be able to get out and explore some more, make some money, and do things I love!
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