how do people keep headphone buds in their ears when they run?

that always amazes me. 

anyway. somehow i have completely failed at blogging and now i just feel overwhelmed so these next few posts are going to probably be boring and we will all wonder together why i even bothered posting them. 

so about three weeks ago i moved and new roommate maren helped me put my desk together (she is the greatest) and it has been real nice not living far away from everyone and everything. 

it should be noted that on leap day i played temple run for the first time in a long time and got really good and kept beating my best score for twenty minutes and then sucked again. that was a really good twenty minutes though. 

realized that maren and i are going to be great friends upon learning that we both love grilled tuna melts. this is also the only second cool thing that happened on this leap year day, i kind of failed at making that once-every-four-years day cool. maybe next time. 

the temple grounds looked so nice and snowy on march 1st

the mfa had (and still has) the best exhibit on really cool instruments. everyone come to boston and i'll show it to you

and this guy was just sitting in there playing the harpsichord like it was nbd. it was delightful. 

I've been doing some temp work to fill my time until a real job comes along and it is actually a pretty nice set up. for the first week and a half i would just sit at this desk, do whatever i wanted, drink free starbucks hot chocolate, and listen to the same songs over and over again that played over head. 

 since that snowy few days at the beginning of the month the weather has been surprisingly warm, except for the part where sometimes it decides to crazy windy. this makes it less delightful.

one of these things is not like the other

i now pass this beautiful scene every day when i come home from "work". i love it so much and my dream is to somehow sneak onto one of harvard's rowing crews. 

bnotd = i realized i could get out onto our roof from the kitchen window! so i went out and ate my pastaroni doused in parmesan cheese (still undecided whether that was a good move or not) and enjoyed a beautiful sunset (you have all seen beautiful sunsets before so i'll spare you). i was a little nervous to be on such a baby roof but it was great, after we all go to the mfa you can all come back to my house and take turns sitting with me out there. seriously!

everyone in boston is kind of ticked about this underground freeway that apparently took all the city's money but i really enjoy it every time i'm on it. look at all those fun lights! it is like a mini time square.

and to end this ridiculously meaningless post i just wanted to share this photo because the lights and full moon were the best and coupled with that great clock building and quincy market, all of which i love so much. 

lilly baby

i miss you. and all my other tots! all 29 of you please board a plane and come visit me. the older ones, you be in charge of the little ones okay? okay see you soon love you bye!

korby is having a boy

but my sister/his mom is having a girl!!!!
and my other sister is having a boy!!!!
and my sister-in-law is having a girl too!!!!
babies!!!!

way to start having babies again while i'm in boston! great timing as usual*




*this references the time when all my siblings/sibling's wives had babies while i was in taiwan. all six of them. that was fun

so i moved again. but before i moved these things happened.

oh hey hi! for some reason multiple people have thought i died this past week so i guess it is time to blog and tell the world wide web that i am alive! 

my last post discussed how i just moved for the third time (you probably didn't read it because it was a lot of words, i don't blame you) so now I live about five minutes from the Harvard Business School which is kind of neat. but before i moved some nice things occurred. one of them being my brother helping my parents facetime on their ipad! and then the same brother going over to my sister's house and being able to facetime with them via his iphone. i hadn't seen any of these cuties since i moved to boston and it was a very welcomed reunion. 

did i mention that my roommates love to cook? i realized i would be moving soon so i began helping them and asking lots of questions because roommate kenzie doesn't use recipes but everything always tastes great and it blows my mind. on this particular day i was brave and made chicken tikki marsala while kenzie made homemade ravioli, homemade sauce, and homemade artisan bread. why wasn't i doing those things when i was 19? or 24? 

 

i'm pleased to announce that everything was delicious and i made her tell me how she made that meal so if i'm ever feeling overzealous i can (try to) recreate it. 

our ward did a little priesthood appreciation night and someone thought it would be a good idea to have karaoke at the end to you know, lighten the mood. well. all of the sudden this dear friend stood up and not only decided to sing "sexual healing" but also felt it was appropriate to give a speech along with it about how we all have sexual tension and we just need to let it out. i. was. dying!and perhaps i recorded it because it was just that awful/awesome. 

i decided to sleep over at new friends mccall and pam's house. we watched the sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 and i felt so happy about it. there is just something about watching awful chick flicks with nice friends that will always fill me with satisfaction. 

parking in boston is a bit rough so at times you have to park a mile or two away from where you are going. this happened to occur during a downpour but i had an umbrella so i felt fine. 

here is why people (young single adult lds people) are cool in boston.  most of them have no inhibitions and they will attend something like a cotillion and actually dance and even a few dressed appropriately for the occasion. i feel bad that i initially went because i thought it would be amusing (which it still was) because i ended up dancing the entire time and learning some sweet new 1800's moves! i feel that activity would have bombed in provo and that kind of makes me sad. 

 i tried so hard to understand why this was happening

and i never could but i liked it a lot. 

a girl in my ward informed me a church nearby has a thrift store so i decided to check it out and found the cutest dog willow! i'm really not a dog person to be 100% honest but for some reason i LOVED this dog. so fat and fluffy and mellow. sadly the woman who owned him didn't know what mix he was because she got him from a shelter. my one chance at finding a dog i would want to own has been blown! 

afterwards i walked over to check out urban's books because they never fail to entertain

and i found a folder i could use for the february photo a day challenge. the challenge that day was "green" and i think these cats pretty much some up how i felt about the prompts each day. maybe i'll end up posting my photos for it? but maybe not. 

 so as i've previous mentioned i was always way against smart phones and never owned one until i moved out here. i still think you can get by without one BUT i am always grateful for it in moments like above when you are driving to walmart and as you look at your maps app you see you are right by the ocean!

so you jump out of the car and love the crap out of it for a few moments. 

then you spend a lot of money at walmart on things you need for your new place because it is unfurnished which, as our saynotocosmo friend would say, gives you the sads. 

the night before i left brenna was really sweet and helped me alter some shirts that were just a liiittle too big for my body. i really need to get my domestic on and learn how to do these things myself!

the day i left i had an interview so instead of taking the bus to the subway station i decided to walk through the cemetery.

 and then coming home i did the same for the last time which was sad :(

(but i really liked this cute old man (kind of) walking alongside me which made me feel better)

 bye bye baby room and fake mattress. 

 thanks grace for always saving the day. and is anyone else wondering how i have so much crap? i swear i came over with just three suitcases..

and bye roommates. i appreciated that you were so good at all the things i'm not. sometimes i wish you didn't already forget that i ever lived with you and sometimes even forgot that when i still lived there haha but it is okay! because i love you anyway and i enjoyed our time together. and brenna - i enjoyed that chocolate chip cookie dough you made for me right before i left, especially how you left out the chocolate chips because i hate them. 

dear blogary,

kind of like diary?

but i don't feel like uploading pictures so here is a photobooth gem that i just took one minute ago. 

one of the best parts about being unemployed is days like this. honestly a lot of times i just feel stressed that i have yet to find work but on days when it is freezing outside, the wind is crazy, and it won't stop snow/raining - i feel great about it. while everyone else has real things to do (forcing them to go outside) i get to still be in my sweats, enjoy hearing the bad weather out my window, read and do other relaxing things, and finally drink some of the apple cider my mom sent me (why in the world would boston not sell that stuff?).  granted, i will be beyond thrilled when employment finally occurs (so will my savings account) but i just need to enjoy the situation i'm in because heaven knows the day will come when all my job dreams will come true and i will look back fondly on the days where i didn't have to go to work and be a real adult. so even though part of me feels like i should have guilty feelings about days like this, the other part of me decides to love it instead. 

i just moved (again) and this time it is real! no more sublets, this baby room is all mine until september. i was feeling really stressed about the move and how small the room is but to my surprise all my things fit very nicely in the closet (which kind of feels as big as the room) and i don't have near as many things as the last girl so it feels a lot bigger and the room is actually quite the perfect size! i'll post pictures eventually, or you can just look what is behind me in the picture above and you will get the general idea.  big thanks to grace and new roommates for making the move go smoothly! grace's vehicle was completely full of stuff, how i've already accumulated so many things i will never know. 

it turns out i like drama. embarrassing, i know. am i 17 still? usually i have had enough of it in my own life but as of late i feel good about my relationships with friends and family and pretty much every bridge i've managed to burn over the years has been mended in some way or another so my life feels pretty drama free. it should be noted that i also haven't watched law and order svu since the last time i talked about it because it stresses me out. this has caused me to turn to the bachelor. that show/ben is the worst! but i must say with just a few episodes it has successfully fulfilled my drama needs so i appreciate you for reminding me this show existed and you for your insightful (haha) recaps.  and i appreciate you, bachelor,  for helping me be forever grateful that i was raised to have values and that i'm not gross. 

i feel awkward going from that subject to this one but hey let's talk about the temple! tonight is our ward (baptism) temple night and after calling the temple today i found out that at the boston temple endowed members can go too! since it isn't like that in utah i haven't done baptisms for almost four years so i will definitely be in attendance tonight and feel pretty pumped about it.

aaaaand back to the job search i go.