why does boston suck?

We noticed a hand print on our window today that leads out to the porch. Checking it out we saw that it had been unlocked. Didn't we lock it? The screen has been ripped that goes around the deck so someone could have climbed up? Are we crazy? I mean...we made sure all our windows were locked and now the one with the handprints on it has been unlocked. We locked it. Maybe we're just crazy. We hate it here. One more month. We knew about the screen which had been tacked up when we got here. Whenever its windy the tacks come out so it's not like someone ripped it. Gonna go buy the little alarms mommy told us about. We were just starting to let it go too. We were thinking about setting boobie traps like in home alone. We're both working tonight. Hopefully our stuff is still here when we get back. Seriously... we can't wait to get outa here. At least we're going on vacation this weekend, then the weekend after that momma and daddy Popson are coming to visit. Then its just two weeks and then we're leaving and never looking back. -lj

"In two months it will be the day after Christmas!!"

So... as i walk into the kitchen to get our morning coffee I hear Joanna shout this from the bedroom. Christmas?!!!! Boy is time flying... and Florida is just around the corner!!! The treats we've left for Little Joey are gone and the sun is shining. We're up a little earlier than usual so it's nice to have a whole day ahead of us. Yesterday I had the brilliant idea of typing "Subway" into Barbara (our GPS) because I was in the mood and we wanted to go get Halloween costumes before Jo had to work. So we're driving down Tremont and park in a sort of weird looking area but we didn't think much of it. We go into Subway and immediately feel uncomfortable. There is some guy asking very loudly if Buffalo chicken is a 5$ footlong. To his disappointment it's not... then he proceeds to ask well how much is it then... while his oh so cute girlfriend has been in the bathroom for the while now. She finally comes out, looking extremely disheveled, starts talking to some other man who looks cracked out who happens to be buying a cookie for his daughter. Very upsetting. We quickly order our lunch and without even discussing it take it to go and make our way back to the car. I lived in NYC for 7 years and I swear I never felt so grossed out, scared or uncomfortable ever. I guess I'll still give Boston a chance but man it's not easy. So then we move on with our day to the Halloween store. Well... this was fun to say the least. We went in looking for cruela deville and a dalmation costume and came out with a giant Monkey suit and Harry Potter's sexy sister's costume. You can imagine who is going to be who haha. PTOWN here we come!!! We're off today... then 4 days of work... then out of here! =) Hope everyone has a good week! Happy Halloweeenn!!!!!! xoxo, Rach

burrata bummer

So we were too sick for the haunted hay ride. It would have been an hour drive both ways and then sitting in the cold...no good for fighting immune sysyems. I hate making responsible decisions. We did go to Coppa for dinner. It's one of Chef Oringers tapas place in the South End. We had Burrata, pork rillets, tuna sashimi, and mussel and squach fusilli with narsidium. Oh and risotto balls. The risotto balls were pretty good. Everything else was sadly a disappointment. Maybe we just have bad palettes? Bad palettes or not we didn't really love anything and we flat out hated the Burrata. (which is a cheese that is made by seperating and then reindroducing the curds and whey...i think) Oh well. We had a good time because we've been disgustingly in love lately. We wanted to try his other tapas restaurant Toro, but now I don't know. We're still definitly going to Clio, we just don't know when. Starting today I'm working six days in a row since we're understaffed until our new backwaiter Seth is fully trained. My manager promises that he'll probably cut me one of the days. I hoping I get cut tonight since Rach has the night off. She has tomorrow off too, but hopefully she can pick up the extra shift and we can both work. We have a groupon for a restaurant called "Aura" that we might check out tonight if I get cut. Its so unfortunate that I have to actually go to work before I get cut. The process of walking in just to walk out takes a little over an hour. I wish they would decided before hand and then call! Saturday night I got a great surprise though! My second cousins, Anthony and Sharon, came into Clio for dinner. They were going to surprise me but five minutes before they got there one of the backwaiters (who has English as a second language) accidentally ruined the surprise. She didn't really understand I think that she wasn't supposed to tell me. They sat and ate and had stuff sent out to them that I actually don't think they even wanted and it was really good to catch up. Hopefully Rach and I will get a chance to go up where they live (half hour north) and she can meet my moms side of the family. She'd really love them. Hopefully next time I blog it will start with "I got cut last night!". I may have just jinxed it. oops. -lj