Living in Boston and Other Random Things

I finally made it to Boston. The people I work with are really nice. They all seem to have the same interest I have (i.e., travel, community service). We have a mixture of medical students, teachers, recent college graduates, Master’s students, and professional doctors on the staff. I guess we all have to have the same interest in order to be hired.

We have already started to plan days to hangout this weekend. One girl wants to book a hotel room in downtown Boston so we don’t have to worry about getting home. Wow, I thought we could catch a cab. She wants to go all out…

I ran outside for the first time in about two years. I am a treadmill Queen but, when it comes to running outside I get tired faster. Today I could not run my usual routine. To be honest I have no idea how long I ran because I was so tired. I think it took me about twenty minutes to get warmed up!

Ok enough about running. I must complain about my flight from Chicago to Boston!

Well I arrived at O’Hare airport bright and early at 8:52am to catch a 9:55 flight. I checked my luggage in and proceeded to my airline. I got there at about 9:45 ready to board the plane. The flight conductor person told me at that point that the entire flight was booked and I had to catch another flight because I was flying standby. I wasn’t upset at all. I didn’t have to be in Boston until after 4pm. So I got prepared to wait for the next flight at 11:40am. The plane arrived at the scheduled time. I went to the desk to get my boarding pass and the flight was overbooked as well. The flight attendant told me I had to wait until 1:40pm to catch the next flight. I still wasn’t upset because I didn’t have a time restraint to get to Boston. When 1:40pm came the flight attended said that the flight was booked and I would have to wait until 3:40pm to catch the next one.

At this point I began to get really frustrated because I didn’t want to arrive in Boston too late and I had been in the airport since 8:52am and it was going on 2pm. The attendant also said that it looked like all the flights would be booked for the entire evening. Meaning I wouldn’t be able to fly that day! I was pissed. I immediately took action to find another flight with a different airline. I called my trustworthy friend and booked a flight with a different airline. It cost me $240 bucks one way! Poor woman’s burden (This is in reference to the movie “Black Man’s Burden” if you haven’t seen it, you need to rent it this weekend).

So I arrived in Boston at 9pm yesterday. Instead of catching a cab for $50, I decided to catch the “T” for $1.25. I am the type of person that likes challenges, when it comes to competing against me. I don’t like competing against other people because I feel guilty if I beat them. That’s one of the reasons why I like to run long distance. It’s about pushing yourself past your limits. Anyhow, this ties into riding the “T” because I like to challenge myself to figure things out especially directions, transportation, resources, etc., when I go to a new place. Riding the “T’ definitely proved to be a challenge. I was able to catch the train to my destination with my heavy luggage all by myself at 9pm. My commute was extremely long (I arrived at 10:50pm) between waiting for the train, and have to transfer to two different trains, but I made it. I am so proud!!!

I am getting extremely tired right know. My eyes keep closing as I type this. OMG I have pictures of me, my twin sister, and my brother from this weekend in Chicago. I just bought a digital camera, so more pictures will be posted on a regular basis.

Working in Boston,

Crystal

Me and my twin Christine. Do we look a like to you?



My Brother Tim



Christine and me where playing around with the camera