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Today was, in fact, just that. Fabulous. There need to be more days like it--days of hanging out with Katie and Wen and Bear and Niva inside school hours but outside school tyranny.
It started with the muffins. There were SOOO MANY OF THEM. Bear and I took photos in front of the enormous array. Wen opted instead to have a gigantic (omg never seen such a big) cucumber that Katie couldn't stop giggling at. After that, we all got to squish onto a bus (sandwiched between Katie and Ms. Rakowsky), and made our way to Tufts.
Following a profoundly saddening speech by Ms. O'Connor, we broke up into groups, and the one Katie (and Matt) and I was in was about personalities. Based upon the test, I was an "observer" (person who gets buried in their obsessions and work), as well as a "peacemaker" (a noncommittal person who runs from conflicts). They seemed to fit me pretty well but apparently those personalities are incompatible. Says the guide thingy. Whoops.
Then we all had to do The Hustle in the Tufts gym. In socks. It was a little bizarre. Fun, though...and a surprisingly good work-out. Lolz I am soooo out of shape. Anyway, after that, it was back on the bus and the day was over.
Not the most thrilling field trip. But it was nice and relaxing, a fond day with friends. I kept poking Bear and glomping Wen and grinning at Katie and got to talk to Niva a bit more. Niva is awesome. The trip also convinced me how much I really, seriously, totally want to go to Tufts. The campus feels so comfortable, it's really remarkable. If I don't get in I shall be sad.
Anyway, after we got back to the school, neither Wen nor I could contact mothers for rides, and the glorious sunshine prompted me to want to walk. (Without a million pound backpack! ZAAAAZ.) So we set off down Mass. Ave, discussing where to catch lunch, and I snagged my customary iced coffee from a store along the way.
Wen finally decided she wanted to go to Spice Thai, where she got a lunch, and I opted for a meal from the Viet Café. Once we had both ordered, we sat outside in the small memorial in front of the fire department, liesurely eating, talking, and taking in the beautiful day.
It seriously was (and is) beautiful. It was cold and brisk, but not overly so, and the sun had a nice warming effect that created a perfect temperature in places dabbled with half-shadow. The breeze was cool, but comfortably so, and all around was the sense of spring. I love that sensation. I feel so buoyed up by the perception of warmth right around the bend...and that totally embodied what it felt like, sitting in the memorial, munching lunch and chatting with Wen. I loved it.
Soon afterwards, the 87 came by, and Wen decided it would be prudent to catch it. She hurried off, and I walked the rest of the way home, still enjoying the sunshine. It was sensational. I saw a robin flittering about some of the houses on my street.
It's just so spring-y. It makes me feel so spry, like nothing can get me down. That's a rare and valuable feeling, at least for me.
I feel decidedly anti-eloquent today, so I'm sorry. I hope everyone else also enjoyed their day, however.
And now, to that essay that was due *cough* yesterday. Yep. :)
It started with the muffins. There were SOOO MANY OF THEM. Bear and I took photos in front of the enormous array. Wen opted instead to have a gigantic (omg never seen such a big) cucumber that Katie couldn't stop giggling at. After that, we all got to squish onto a bus (sandwiched between Katie and Ms. Rakowsky), and made our way to Tufts.
Following a profoundly saddening speech by Ms. O'Connor, we broke up into groups, and the one Katie (and Matt) and I was in was about personalities. Based upon the test, I was an "observer" (person who gets buried in their obsessions and work), as well as a "peacemaker" (a noncommittal person who runs from conflicts). They seemed to fit me pretty well but apparently those personalities are incompatible. Says the guide thingy. Whoops.
Then we all had to do The Hustle in the Tufts gym. In socks. It was a little bizarre. Fun, though...and a surprisingly good work-out. Lolz I am soooo out of shape. Anyway, after that, it was back on the bus and the day was over.
Not the most thrilling field trip. But it was nice and relaxing, a fond day with friends. I kept poking Bear and glomping Wen and grinning at Katie and got to talk to Niva a bit more. Niva is awesome. The trip also convinced me how much I really, seriously, totally want to go to Tufts. The campus feels so comfortable, it's really remarkable. If I don't get in I shall be sad.
Anyway, after we got back to the school, neither Wen nor I could contact mothers for rides, and the glorious sunshine prompted me to want to walk. (Without a million pound backpack! ZAAAAZ.) So we set off down Mass. Ave, discussing where to catch lunch, and I snagged my customary iced coffee from a store along the way.
Wen finally decided she wanted to go to Spice Thai, where she got a lunch, and I opted for a meal from the Viet Café. Once we had both ordered, we sat outside in the small memorial in front of the fire department, liesurely eating, talking, and taking in the beautiful day.
It seriously was (and is) beautiful. It was cold and brisk, but not overly so, and the sun had a nice warming effect that created a perfect temperature in places dabbled with half-shadow. The breeze was cool, but comfortably so, and all around was the sense of spring. I love that sensation. I feel so buoyed up by the perception of warmth right around the bend...and that totally embodied what it felt like, sitting in the memorial, munching lunch and chatting with Wen. I loved it.
Soon afterwards, the 87 came by, and Wen decided it would be prudent to catch it. She hurried off, and I walked the rest of the way home, still enjoying the sunshine. It was sensational. I saw a robin flittering about some of the houses on my street.
It's just so spring-y. It makes me feel so spry, like nothing can get me down. That's a rare and valuable feeling, at least for me.
I feel decidedly anti-eloquent today, so I'm sorry. I hope everyone else also enjoyed their day, however.
And now, to that essay that was due *cough* yesterday. Yep. :)
