Day 1

To be cliche, time really does go by quickly when you're having fun. I got up at 4 a.m. this morning for my 6:40 flight, and I'm already in Boston and it's almost 10:00 p.m.

My day has been filled with some great exploring, new friendships, and of course, delicious food. Sue and David, my camp directors, picked me up at Logan airport at around 1:00 p.m., post finishing a scrumptious caesar salad from Starbucks. Om nom. Too bad I forgot to pick up some napkins- needless to say, it was a tasty mess. Anyway, that was irrelevant. So, David and Sue and I embarked on the multi-exit journey to Cambridge. When we arrived, Sue and I forced my massive bags 3 floors up a spiral staircase, not without a fight (Harvard doesn't have elevators in a lot of its buildings).

Then, I took a whirl around Harvard Square. Even though it was rainy, it was still wonderful. Of course, I spent almost all of my time in the bookstore (surprise surprise), texting myself interesting book titles and people watching in the cafe upstairs. When I finally felt I should wrap-up taking in the overwhelming academia, I headed for some indigenous stores: The Tannery, Curious George, and other good finds.

After that, I hung out at the PBHA building (for those who don't know what I'm talking about, PBHA is the organization at Harvard that the camp I will be a senior counselor for is affiliated with). The PBHA building is very quaint. Well, everything here is, although, more beautiful than quaint, really. But it's all old, and therefore, "quaint" usually comes to mind. I also got to meet one of my JCs (Junior Counselors), David Fun (cool last name, yeah?)! He'll be helping me, as well as Helen Zhao, who I cannot wait to meet soon!! So David and I took a lovely trip to the bookstore to get "Kite Runner" (I know, my second trip to the bookstore already). It was a crazy rampage to find that darn book- one would think it wouldn't be too hard to find such a bestseller, but no! haha. Following that, we moseyed over to CVS to get some Starburst gummies for Sue, and David got "old people candy" a.k.a. Werther's caramels. baha.

David and I came back and had the task of stuffing envelopes. David, David and I were a machine!

When my tongue no longer could taste anything but envelope adhesive, we ventured off to The Border (not to be confused with On the Border, Dallasites). I had this crazy delicious chicken breast, stuffed with chorizo and covered in cheese, with sides of veggies and black beans. I couldn't be any more of a fatty, for serious.

Post-dinner activities involved seeing more of Harvard Square and, currently, watching the Lakers/Celtics game ( I know this latter detail will surprise many of you, but I'm being open-minded).

So, the day isn't over just yet, but I thought I'd take the opportunity to write, since I'm just sitting on my buttox.

Au revoir,

Alex :)