one time i went to the country's largest antique show in brimfield

the country's largest!!!

you guys know how much i love superlatives. 

it was seriously so so so huge. word on the street is that there are over 6,000 dealers and it spans about a half mile of land and is just a sea of tents, people, and treasures/junk. there is no way i could even do the place justice so these pictures will have to do. i was really sad that i don't have my own house because i would have bought way more stuff (old fisherprice collectables for $1 a piece? antique cedar chest for $15? what?!) but i had to refrain and keep my purchases to a minimum. 

anyway, it was awesome and i wish you had all come with me and maybe it will be back in july and september so you should all fly out and join me then.

 largest bag of kettle corn i could get = definitely jan's daughter

 the fact that we were surrounded by trees made this whole experience even BETTER

 CREEPIEST DOLL HEADS EVER

giiiiiiiiiimme

 trash heaven

all in all it was really nice, overwhelming, and fun.

also, i don't know where i'm going to put it but i bought that sweet polaroid in my hands for $15!!

but, wait! i'm not done talking.

 that night we walked to stake conference 

(this photo would be me admiring the view while simultaneously being really confused as to why people think it is fine boat on the charles river. it just seems so wrong to me!)

i realized on the subway that i never talk about my new roommates (whoops!) so we took this photo to document our roommateship. from left to right we have tiffany who is here for the summer for an internship with the arboretum, madelon who is from holland and is doing some research for harvard for a few months, myself, and then stephanie who just finished up her bachelors in neurology (or something like it) and is working. both girls on the end are randomly from florida and then i've got another roommate briana (who is tiffany's sister) and then a nice roommate named varya from russia who came into our lives via craigslist. they are all nice gals and i'm lucky to not live with the alternative. 

then for the sunday session of stake conference my little work friend alberto came! basically he doesn't know a lot of people since he is from mexico so my (mormon) boss told him to come to church with me and meet friends haha.  regardless of his reason for being there i think he liked it! and is going to come back soon. also, stake conference was nice and i really enjoyed seeing brynne's mom speak and also felt obsessed with elder packard's talk on forgiveness.

okay! now i'm done.