It doesn't really feel like March. March should be sunny...AND warmer than 30 degrees. It is not so here. Ahem.Well besides that, I've been quite busy setting up my new schedule and life surrounding it. Monday's and Tuesday's I'm going to schools and showing 7 year olds around the museum, making sure they stay in line while I show them snakes and butterflies. I've become quite popular on Tuesday mornings and I love when the kids say, "Hi Jessica! I remember you! Can you be in our group?" Ahhh, the fame. :)
I just started my internship at the New Art Center, where I've already gotten to paint gallery walls and apply vinyl lettering for the show "raw & cooked" These guys are a little wacky in their painting and woodworking skills, but it's kind of funky and I like it. There is this one painting of a man lying on his back with a huge, well (male anatomical part). It's kind of jarring at first but then you just start to giggle.
Besides that fun part, I'm doing a lot of press updates and creating price lists and other documents for the show. Tonight is the opening reception, so it should be great to see the reactions of the little old ladies who wander in...
My "other" job purely for income just started last night. I am working the front desk at the YMCA. It's not paying as much as I hoped, but at least it's something for now until I can find something to help out more. But the people are fun and at least I'll get a free membership to work on my killer calves!
So basically, I've suddenly become very busy. So in order to relax, I take weekend trips. Last weekend, George and I headed off to upstate New York to visit some of his family. First stop, Binghamton, to visit the Miss Helen Pechmann (great woman who absolutely LOVES Syracuse basketball!). An industrial little town, and 2 Giants (grocery stores) sitting head to head across from each other. Geez, it's like the Walmarts in Logan! Next we drove through Ithaca, the town of Cornell. Pretty impressive, huge hills and quaint shops...OH and also the most fun little statue I've ever seen!
(so inquisitive!)
We stopped into Moosewood (Grill? Maybe? I forgot...), a delicious restaurant where we got a flight of beer and surprisingly great vegetarian food. Don't worry though, I would never give up my meat!After the Moosewood, we headed up through the Finger Lakes where we'll be going back to camp this summer. They have a plethora of wineries along the trail...mmmm! We ended up then in Rochester where we picked up Judy and Jessie, George's mom and sis. We had a quick trip visiting his other grandma and cousins, and watching old "pool videos" (this is, you know, the embarassing family videos that everyone has...imagine George about 120 pounds and 16...awkward? Haha! No, no...he was a stud muffin! Not that he isn't now...!)
We did take a stop at Lake Ontario, which I had never seen. In fact, I've never seen any of the Great Lakes! There's always a first for everything! It was a cloudy day, but I now know why the lakes are Great. They're HUGE! And this isn't even the biggest. We also saw some Long Tail ducks that were down from the Arctic. Beautiful birds that usually don't come this far, but enjoyed floating next to the slush along the shore.(Judy giving a great explanation of the slush!)
After the long 7 hour drive back to Boston, we crashed out. However, this week must have gone by pretty quickly because I can't believe it's already Friday again. Tomorrow we're gonna have a St. Patrick's Day bash in celebration of snakes and saints and things. Oh, and my 24th birthday. Ugh, 24? I have to tell you, these gray hairs aren't stoppin'!Hope everyone has a great holiday!
PS. Ok, one more story. So about a month ago, we went to Sunday River, a resort up in Maine. We wanted to try out first hand, New England skiing and snowboarding. What did we get? Well...a crazy Aruban, an accidental Black Diamond, and a thoroughly bruised knee and leg! See pictures below:
(my knee STILL hurts...)
(Yeah it "looks" nice...)
(Oh and the Black Diamond was NOT the cause of this. That would have actually been cool. This was thanks to the last run of the day and the damned New England ice! I heart Utah Snow. :0 )
