AUTUMN!

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this is my next adventure, to commence in less than 4 hours when I wake up to my alarm (a snippet of Muse's Hysteria), throw on layers of clothing, and trek down the street to the Arlington T stop. The first inbound train departs at 5:14am and I will be on it. Aside from showing up an hour and a half early, I have no power over whether I win anything at this Jet Blue event, but I'm going to put myself in the right place, hopefully at the right time, and see what happens. It will be nice to be in North Station- havent been there for quite a while.

My days in Canton are over. Today I started working on Peabody's Patch, doing the same sort of stuff only this time it's north of the city in familiar territory. Today wasnt super productive, but I got enough done. Last week, in an effort to finish things up, I turned in about 40 listings in one day (most people do about 30 in a week). I felt pretty good after that. So work is going very well, and Pat is actually going to be doing some side stuff with Peabody's Patch force too.

The only things I plan to say about baseball tonight are that I am 100% behind the Rangers and that my friend Dom was at tonight's game and sent me this pic:

YEEEAH! Pretty cool. He's going to tomorrow's game as well. Next year I'll catch a WS game. I've been to ALDS and ALCS games in the past few years, and definitely remember the excitement with MUCH longing. Sigh. It wasnt to be for us this year.

Let's see. Since I last wrote, I've had the chance to catch up with a bunch of friends. Kenny and I chatted over Boloco, Victor bought me a drink at the Pour House, I celebrated the end of the JUICE's best softball season yet with my teammates at Dan's new house in Wenham, I spent an afternoon and evening with Johannes, saw Justin (S) off at Logan Airport, and watched Point Break with Chy, Lauren, JB and Justin (B), I made plans with Linc, I had a few quick chats with Dom, Julia and I enjoyed some home-fried chicken at the Highland Kitchen where she works part-time, even saw Lindsay while she was visiting from Argentina- and Jeff was present as well. I'm watching Glee with Julia tonight, having dinner with Johannes on Wednesday, meeting Pat for dinner on Friday, and going out with my friend Dan on Saturday. MAYBE having some video gaming quality time with Kubs somewhere between now and Sunday. Whew. That's a pretty good list if I do say so myself. OH! And I know what I'm going to be for Halloween:

Of all places, I got the idea from Martha Stewart's site. Looks fun to make and creative to wear.

Things are great. I'm headed to sleep now, in hopes that I can get out of bed when I need to in a few hours. I miss working in baseball. I miss working at the Rox. Closing thoughts..

Flightless Bird

I slept for about 11 hours last night.. but woke up at 7am. you do the math! i'm pretty tired right now but i'm thinking that if i watch the last episode of Lost before i go to bed it might be an early start to getting in the swing of things here, timezone-wise. perhaps it's early to be thinking about trying to make that happen as i'm all of a day and a half off the plane, but i'm still up so i may as well make a run for it.

tonight Rob and Kathleen A., who i'm staying with in Rancho Cucamonga until i find a car, brought me into   LA to meet Nadine, who is Rob's mother and with whom i will be staying- again, once i find a car. LA is so, so, so big. It is incredibly large. It's one thing to know this and another thing to drive for ... shoot, i dont know how long, 30 minutes?.. through CITY via non-congested freeway. i wish i had the patience to explain exactly what i'm talking about- maybe once i move in to LA. right now i'm starting to think LOST. LOST. LOST.

anyhow, we hung around Nadine's house near Santa Monica. Her condo is 3br, 4bath! large. in a nice neighborhood off of a pretty major street. i smelled fresh grass today! it was a lovely experience to have in february. in someways, at least, i have the advantage in coming to LA from a place like Boston, or Maine.. i will probably never be cold for the rest of my time out here. actually, i take it back- i was cold today in the Gelson's cheese section (Gelson's is an upscale supermarket.)

Several people my age-ish came over to Nadine's for an Italian takeout dinner. Each of them were exceptionally wonderful to spend the evening with. Kate is Rob A.'s brother's daughter; Joanna and Emily are two with whom I had been emailing a bit (prior to my arrival); Andrew is Joanna's boyfriend; and Rob W. is Emily's long-time best friend. Everyone suggested a different church for me to visit :) of course. lots of choices. Kate is a LOST watcher. Emily, Kate, and I are in the market for a small group and will probably be searching together for a good one. Mmm, we had gelato for dessert. The party left me pretty exhausted on top of jet lag, but i'm so glad i had a chance to meet everyone. I have friends here :)

OH! NADINE HAS not one but TWO PIANOS!!! helllllllooooooo!