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

Is it Sunday yet?

So we're both sick now. Drinking fluids and trying to get pity parties at work. Our fingers are crossed that we'll be better by Sunday so we can enjoy the haunted hay ride which we're going to no matter what! I'm tired of blogging about Biggest loser and Little Joey (no offense little joey). We've decided to treat ourselves and we're trying to plan a trip to Ptown for Halloween. We're very excited but still havn't booked anything because we have to see if our requests for work went through. Yesterday was my day off but I recieved a phone call around four o clock from Ian, my manager, asking me to come in since they didn't realize they were understaffed. They made the schedule with Wenderson on it and then fired him. How on Earth did they not realize they would have one less person every day he was supposed to work? I noticed right away and figured they had to have known but didn't care. So I ironed my shirt quick and rushed to work. Bye-bye day of rest. I can't wait to find out what I made. When I tell you you're gonna laugh. A hundred bucks means an awesome night and last night was not particulary awesome. Me and my silly ideas with this restaurant. My next day off is Sunday now. I'm hoping they feel overstaffed tonight with four backwaiters and one training back waiter and they send me home since I was supposed to be off last night. When Rach and I finally eat there next month this will all be worth it. If we order the nine course tasting, they'll totally send us a bunch of extra courses and give us special treatment. I hear all the time with tastings that its "the best food we've ever had". Man, I can't wait. -lj

A Bahston Shinah!

False Alarm! Joey is Okay! The morsels are gone. But turning our attention toward another mystery that I somehow forgot to tell you about... I woke up Monday morning to a very peculiar thing. Well, Iactually didn't wake up to it. We woke up normal and shared a pot of coffee while watching TV on the couch, as we do every morning. Nothing out of the ordinary so far. We decided to go for a run around the lake and I got up to change into my running clothes. As I pulled my sweatshirt over my head Rachel squinted at me and asked me what was wrong with my face. "What did you do? What is that?" I figured a fuzz was stuck to my face and I glided my hand across my cheeks, chin and forehead. Her squint remained. "You have a black eye". A black eye? My thoughts immediatly brought up the memory of the pepto bismol turned black tongue in Denver. Why must these weirdo things always happen to me? I didn't hit my eye or anything, did I? I walked into the bathroom to inspect this supposed "black eye". Surely it was a mistake. A smudge of dirt smeared in just the right spot to make it look like I was punched in the face. I looked into the mirror to find million dollar baby staring back at me. I don't sleep well so its common for me, especially without a tan, to have dark circles under my eyes, but this was different. I hadn't drank the night before, I didn't trip into anything, yet there it was. I had a bit of a shiner going on and I have no idea how it got there. WebMD to the rescue says maybe its sinuses. I finally realized there's a bit of a sore spot by my cheekbone, maybe I hit it in my sleep. Bottom line is I have a black eye and have no explanation for it. My coworker, Courtney, suggests that Little Joey is angry at me for trying to catch him and so he beats me while I sleep. Crazy enough, its the best explanation I can think of. -lj

Little Joey?

Alright people,we have an issue over here. While Rach and I were walking down the driveway today to head to the lake we noticed a dead mouse that had been ran over by a car. Now, it hasn't been confirmed that its Joey,but I'm sorry to say we fear the worst. We've set morsels in the usual spot for our little friend and will leave them there with high hopes while we're at work. Please send positive thoughts that the morsels are gone when we return. We'd sure miss our little friend. -lj

trick or treat

Trying to think of a good halloween costume can be so stressful. I told Rachel I wanted to be an American Eagle model and that I had to go shopping for a costume. She didn't quite go for it. Any ideas? -lj

tell me something funny

Rach and I are sitting in the living room watching "The Biggest Loser". One of the women on the show has just been given the privilage of choosing which contestant goes on which of two teams. There are currently 13 contestants. She must choose 6 people for the blue team and 6 people for the black team. The remaining person stays off a team for now and recieves immunity for the week. She is allowed to choose herself if she wishes. In one of those one on one confession/discussions with one of the contestants (i'm assuming its wrong to call them losers?) one of the guys say "Who wouldn't want immunity? Nothing is more important than immunity." Rachel then sits up and proceeds to yell angerly at the television. "Yes there is dude!" She seemed genuinly disappointed at the mans priorities. "It's called weightloss! Weightloss!" Not sure if this story is funny to read, but it sure was funny when it happened....................................................................................... another quick funny thing... I looked up side effects from ambien earlier. The list of rare but serious side effects was huge ranging from spasm of the esophugus to rectal hemmoraging. All sounding like serious serious stuff. The last rare side effect however...was yawning. Yawning. Had a good laugh over that too. -lj

all books end in tragedy

Ifinished my book today! I was reading East is East by my favorite fictional author, T.C Boyle. This is the fourth and a half book I've read of his (my last book was accidentally thrown out half way through) and yet each time I'm shocked when it ends tragically. You'd think I'd see it coming by now. Tuesdays with Morrie has been patiently awaiting my attention on the bookshelf and I'm excited for the things it will perhaps teach me. I'll try to keep you updated on how I'm finding the highly recommended piece. Finishing books always carries contradicting sensations. On one hand, you absolutely can't wait to find out how everything pans out in the end so you blast through the last twenty pages like Anna Nicole Smith in the reading of said spouses' last will and testament. On the other hand, once you turn that last page you have to mourn the loss of all those characters you've grown obssessed with since the first chapter. My favorite part of TC Boyle's writing his master over characterization and I always find myself pretty upset that his characters will no longer be apart of my life after I'm finished with the book. Poor Rachel is sick and I was lucky enough to get cut from work today so we could actually have a night off together. So far we've been sitting on the couch reading for an hour because I needed to blast through those last twenty pages. We went grocery shopping today. Have I told you that grocery shopping is one of our favorite things to do? Does that make us big girls? We have Sunday night off together and we hope she's feeling better so we can go on a haunted hay ride, which I'm totally psyched about. Whats more fun than pretending you're totally not scared infront of a pretty girl? The answer is pretending your totally not scared infront of a pretty girl when she's completely terrified. I hope she feels better. -lj

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So the good news is that I told my job I was leaving at the end of Novemeber and they were totally cool about it. The bad news is that because I felt bad that I couldn't work Christmas eve or News Years even I offered to work Thanksgiving. You have to work two of the three holidays and I obviously won't be here for two of them. I insisted Rachel fly to Buffalo for Turkey Day since I'll be at work. I hate missing holidays with my family. Imiss them enough on a daily basis let alone missing them on a day thats about being with your family. And I'm working Thanksgiving and the two days after that so its not even like a can spend a little time there. We will probably stop there for a night or two on our way to Florida though. We're so pumped about Florida and the road trip to get there. We're gonna really stretch this trip out since we know people all along the coast that we can stay with. For now we must work to enjoy Boston. I think I've told myself so many times by now I don't like it that I started to really believe it, but its not so bad. I've started going on walks along the Charles River and I think its probably my favorite thing to do here. Rach's parents have book they're trip and are coming to visit us in about two weeks which is ALWAYS a good time. The weather today is beauitiful so we're going to go running and get some errands done as well. Little Joey is still at large and I havn't done a morsel test in a while to see if he's still around. I think I'll do that today while we're out. Enjoy the day everyone! -lj