March Madness

As mentioned earlier I had participated in March Madness, it didn’t end well. Sadly as an optimistic scot I backed the royal, Dukes. Having left the game within the final four I was out. Throughout the game though I learned heaps. Having started the game amongst colleagues, I first thought the questions, how is your bracket looking, clearly meant a wall bracket and was it nailed in well, still up etc. I was wrong. American college basketball is the game and winning amongst 8 rounds is the goal. Wanting to win, if you do something may as well try and to it the best, I sat for three hours researching what a bracket was… what their ranks meant and why this was so great. It’s awesome watching your teams win, and lose as the banter which is generated between your team rivals is great. If only I could gloat with glory of being a Scottish girly winning against all the Americans, perhaps next year!

Your making my dreams come true!

Doooodooo do do dooooodoooodo do. FLASSSSHMOB.

It’s not every day you see a flash mob, and it’s especially not every day you get to be a dancer in a flash mob! Thanks to one of the hundreds of organizations on northeasterns campus, THEEEE (drum roll please) Husky Ambassadors, the crème de la crème of campus organizations, secretly planned a flash mob to razzle and dazzle visitors to the campus on Saturday morning.

Its surely something I can not only tick off my Boston to do list, but definitely off my bucket list.

This talented group of students are going to go places, if not in future flash mobs- definitely successful careers and achievements. Their drive, dedication and perceptions on life is truly inspirational and I am so happy to have been allowed to participate along with them all, and feel one with the pack. (LETS GO HUSKIES!)

… … Are you ready to gooooooooooo?!

SpringsAcoming!

Everyone loves a free lunch, today at preciously 11:55 I beamed out at the centennial common quad from my office window. It was Springfest BBQ time, and the celebrations for the student concert night had started from 11-2 on center campus. With my excitement I got the attention from my other colleagues and we headed together down to the Smokey tables for hot dogs and burgers.

After laughing hard at the image of some of the Admission counselor bravely squatting on a rodeo surf board, I met up with friends to sit on the sunny warm grass and enjoyed my lunch hour outside, sunfun(!!)

After work I headed to Sweet Cheeks Q, via a nice walk across the fens parks. Meeting Molly and her Marvelous family. Patting pulled pork and Texas toast into our mouths I enjoyed my early evening chatting about the Aitkens trip to NYC and future travel plans. Spending the late evening in Cambridge at the Havana club, we counted our dance steps out to ramba salsa.  This was the first time I had taken a salsa class, but I would recommend it to anyone thinking of doing so. 123..567. No fours are included in this beat, I spent the evening mantraaaa, cha cha and cha and by the end of the night tired and ecstatic at my hips don’t lie movements we headed home definitely planning on returning a future Thursday (april classes free, afterwards 5$ per class)

the grand finale.

Well, I maybe never got my lead role that I had possibly dreamt I had.. .. But the proof is in the pudding. At around 1:16 onwards my friends and I appear in the crowds!  It obviously isn't that clear as we were too great to be shown, at a better angle, and so with the little help from red circles- you can spot ourselves in the crowds!

I am so glad to have been able to experience Fenway Park, for free, after hours with little crowds.

Lets allll go to a baaaaaal game.. .. .

Burgers and Bread

Sitting in the T at the moment staring at my bag I’ve hauled along with me. Today is going to be a good day, I have cheesecake! Last night at sundown was the ending of Passover, my good friend Michelle being Jewish had lasted the whole week on matza bread and noodle pasta. At exactly 7:11pm we headed to the Cheesecake factory and filled our little stomachs with heaps of brown bread, burgers and fries. Sadly we could not finish it all, but gladly I thought I may as well get cheesecake for the road since it would be terrible, really, not to. I ended last night with my Scottish girls plus an extra one, Mollys’ little sister Jojo came over for a slumber party! (TV and Relaxing, yesplease)

lets get down to business..

Pinchpunchfirstofthemonth, April. Happy new month 'y'all'!

Wow. Time surely does fly when you are having fun, I cannot believe that I now only have three months left here on this side of the Atlantic. And, for anyone that has been around me in the past few days, they all surely know as I cannot keep myself from bringing up the sad news. Now, I shall just try and live every week like it is almost my last and make the most of being here, until moving home.

March truly was March madness, with visitors from Scotland, a weekend in NYC, a couple of TWENTY FIRST BIRTHDAYS, the real march madness bracket competitions, participating in my first ever flash mob, and lots of other crazy cramped activities in the available thirty days.

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY. Nothing spectacularly foolish happened to me today, except when you went onto the northeastern website, their logo was flipped round the other way, which was rather foolish… ..

What can I look forward to in April: a weekend in Philadelphia next week, booking my travels to the west coast hopefully doing a trek America’ which takes groups round different routes to experience all of the places you really want to see, pour example I really want to go and see the grand canyons, the Yellowstone reservation park, Hollywood and other sunny west coast destinations and attractions. I hope to find a summer internship somewhere in the Uk for my three months gap before I start my big bad fourth year of my degree back at Glasgow Caledonian. We are also expecting the Brian Evans music video to be released this month, here’s hoping for some mug shots! Basically, making the most of now and taking every opportunity that I could try to grasp before it passes me by.

To fruitful futures and happy happenings….  … …… ..

Grilled in Greece

Walking down Boylston road from Cleveland circle we learned that a lot of cafes don’t open early on a Sunday, especially on Easter Sunday.  Finally arriving at Washington square chilly from the spring sunny fresh morning we enjoyed lavish grilled sandwiches in a Greek corner café called Athans. Topping up with fresh croissants and pastries we headed into downtown to relax amongst the sun glazed geese in the frog pond gardens. Saying goodbye to Rosalind that afternoon was a sad affair, watching best friends part once again for a few months.

Toasting bubbly, on the balcony as we watched the Boston skyline twinkle and sparkle off the sea. We finished our evening at Mollys parents Boston apartment, treated like v.i.ps we were given a banquet BBQ and champagne conversations whilst we watched Boston turn from day to night. Marveeeelous moments.