Crawling through Boston

 

     Well, we did it again.  We walked and walked and walked.  We must've lost our minds after not having to walk a lot yesterday.

     Rain was predicted for yesterday (though evidently the weather forecasters here are no different than those in any other state) so Daughter #1 and I carried on a long-standing family tradition ...... we went to 2 movies.  

We also walked quite a bit but nothing in comparison to Sunday .... or today.

Last night we went to the Harbor and had dinner.  The day turned out be very nice.  

But not as nice as it was today!!  It was sunny and in the low 70's!  If it were like this all year round I'd move here.  But I know better.

     Here are some of the sites:

     Daughter #1 walking through Boston Commons, yesterday.

     Daughter #1 hat shopping.  The girl loves hats.

            As well she should.  In the T (Boston subway):

     This is a house in her neighborhood.  Note the tree growing under and in the porch.  Its branches also cover the entire length of the porch.  

     These are the donuts we smuggled into the movie theatre -- in an Apple bag.  Who says we aren't spy-material??

     This is proof of what she's doing to me .... and to herself!  She's putting a band aid onto her toe because of all of the walking!
     Here we are in the theatre.  I, too, bought a hat.  Unfortunately I do not pull it off as well as she does.

     The obligatory tennis courts shot (Boston Commons):

     This fine establishment was where we had dinner:

     Boston skyline from the Harbor:
                                     Harbor shot:
     Not sure if you can read this box, but it says East India Tea Company on it.  OK ..... really?!!

I did NOT just fall off of the turnip truck yesterday!

     This morning in the T.  We're getting a bit more tired-looking each day (and, it would appear, less favorable of my picture taking).

     These shots were for me playing around with the camera (on the grounds of Harvard):

     Eating shrimp at the Barking Crab.  They bark?  Who knew?!

     I love the churches in Boston:

     Daughter #1 buying some herb plants at an outdoor market downtown:

     This ends the pictorial tour.  

     And as for my Visa ..... we kind of know where it is.  I figured out that I had left it at a restaurant on Sunday.  The waitress did not work yesterday and the manager said it wasn't there.  I called tonight and yes, she did have it and she turned it in to another manager, who then turned it over to a 3rd member to put into the safe.  This he did not do.  And he was not at work today.  The first manager has left a message for him to see what he did with it.  He feels bad about it, but I'll give him a huge hug if I can get it tomorrow.  So far no one is using it --- unless manager #3 has run off to Rio with it and the charge hasn't gone through yet.

  So please keep praying.

     My mom seems to be hanging in there.  Nat took her to lunch yesterday.  I think K was taking them out to dinner tonight.  

She and Gabby are getting on well.  Although she told me that Gabby and Rigby have gotten into the paint.  I wonder if they did it to each other?

So all in all this has been a great trip.  I'm drinking in all of the time with Daughter #1.

But I've been dealing with some strange stuff.  Well, I think it's strange, but again .... I've never walked through this valley before.

I keep having flashbacks from the hospital.  From the time spent with Jim, the time in the waiting room with friends and the kids, waiting for the doctors .... to the worst flashback ..... going to see him when it was all over.  It's like a movie when a character flashes back to some war scene or something and everything around him in the present fades away.  

I was sitting on the subway this afternoon and suddenly everything faded and there I was .... looking at him again.  Wishing he would open his eyes.  Wishing I had stayed longer with him ... before and after.  

Wishing .........

I don't believe in wishes anymore.

Add it to the list.

P.S.  OMG, it's time for an Ambien.  She's making me watch Hilary.

HELP ME!!!