herrroooo!
let's first discuss how much boston loves memorial day.
they had 33,000 flags placed in the commons all weekend to represent every fallen service member from the civil war to the present.
is this blowing your mind? this isn't even all of them. it's crazy to think how many people gave their life so that we can be free.
i need you to know two things.
1. i LOVE that little white house with that huge tree and pink flowers and i feel happy i get to walk past it everyday.
2. i ate swordfish for the first time in my life and didn't hate it! not even a little bit.
swordfish w/ banana rum chutney, avocado and tomato salad, and mashed sweet potatoes = a meal i still think about and it was like three weeks ago.
okay i guess three things.
3. natalie and i finally (after probably three months of trying) got our volunteer badges for the VA.
we not only get to hang out with elderly vets but also get to feel like we are on alias.
the last week of may consisted of lots of outside friend time, toscanini's ice cream, and this gal below:
but my face is sad because she moved back home to arizona which makes me SO sad.
mel, come back!
can we talk about this guy for a second?
i was cutting through harvard business school to go home around 10pm one night when the man above came up to me asking about where something was. he then somehow started talking about some app which then brought up something else which then brought up the fact that i am mormon which then led to us sitting at some outdoor table discussing it for over an hour. he was kind of crazy and somewhat inappropriate in the types of questions he was asking but it felt nice to defend my faith and hopefully he listened to at least some of what i said.
anyway.
the last week of may was graduation fest 2013 and there were SO many moms and dads and chairs everywhere.
here is a story.
so maybe one time i was trying on my one-piece swimsuit (trying to debate if it would make it's debute this year or not) when it started rain storming outside. i was so thrilled with this that i forgot i was in my swimsuit, immediately turned off my lights, turned on bon iver, laid on my bed, and just listened while i watched the lightening and pouring rain out my window. a few minutes later i looked down and thought it was the funniest that i was still in my swimsuit so i took these photos and awkwardly sent them to friend christine and am now posting them on this blog. the end.
the temple is the greenest right now and it is the best.
these houses are also the best.
i was walking to my friend carly's catholic school kids pop recital and accidentally turned down the wrong street. i was way happy this happened because it was the most beautiful and lovely detour (and the best time of day i might add!). it was nice to discover somewhere new, it is one of my favorite things to do.
one night i came home to find this. maybe i'm not good at those little sticky hangy things because they hate holding up this strand of lights.
i walked into my boss' office to find three of our executives being match teams. so cute.
one of my more favorite parts of spring = our parkway boyfriend is back! i need to not be in a car when i pass him one time so i can actually sit and talk with him. i just love him.
can you spot the random spanish man asleep on our lawn? re-roofing our house is tiring i guess.
the last night of may was spent with kristin, boston, and our bikes.
if that is what my nights are like for the rest of the summer i definitely won't be mad about it.
(and i don't know how many more times i can say it without sounding trite, I LIVE IN A DREAMLAND)
the next morning a few of us drove up to portsmouth new hampshire for lunch on harbor
then we drove a few more miles and BLAM! we were in kittery, maine.
i think maine was born to be foggy and rainy, it was perfect.
(if you look closely you can see a very iconic lighthouse on the tip of that land - there was another one too but i wasn't very good at taking pictures of them)
we only explored for a few hours but it was delightful.
there is just so much to experience and see on the east coast! i'm glad i have friends who love to go and see new places just as much as i do because let's be honest, i've become an adventure addict.
and then we went to the walking bridge near harvard afterward and had a photography lesson by friend bradley. he taught us some night photography tricks and tips and i felt really proud of my camera for taking the pictures above. i didn't touch those guys up! not even a little bit. 
