boston : where it always feels like fall to me and where my heart always seem to find a confident pulse

ah, boston. what a magical place where many dreams reside...dreams that are a
temporary stop on the way to the dream. ceej and i visited institutions and businesses
that will help guide us on our way to creating the life we've always wanted together.
we toured and found out useful and exciting information...can't wait for the next few
months to start on the real dream, the one that makes me most alive just thinking about it.
it's been difficult to concentrate on school because i'm just so ready to jump in.

boston was lovely for us. cool weather, familiar graveyards, new restaurants,
a little shopping, and great views as we walked through the city.
beacon hill is such a favorite of mine. lucky people who get to live there.

my knees are shaking with excitement and the anxiety to get started on dreams,
to get living what i used to think impossible. last night i asked for more courage
than i've ever experienced in my life. as excited as i am i know my demons, my self-doubt...
but i'm so ready to grow up, and claim my brave, ambitious heart.

thank you, boston, for getting my wheels spinning and my heart pulsing.

{love graveyards. and love feist's graveyard... "bring 'em all back to life"}

gloucester and rockport : part one {which is truly part two} of my weekend with ceej

last weekend ceej came to visit me. for six whole days! lucky, lucky me.
i'm jumping ahead a bit to the second half of our trip to massachusetts together.
our first stop was boston {post of our adventures in that favorite city to come},
and then we headed out to the coast to enjoy each others company sitting on a
blanket on the beach: reading milton, napping, sketching, napping, swimming in
the sea, napping, and even more napping. it was just the vacation from school that i
desperately needed. in between naps and beach time we made sure to find fresh
lobster, locally made ice cream and fudge, and "sand dollar" pancakes.

ceej really spoiled me this trip. i needed it. i'm quite sure he remedied any and all
anxieties that were boiling up inside of me, and i'm quite sure that these last twelve
days in school will fly by {especially since i am now officially entering the final
countdown, working my way towards handing in final papers! eek!}.

this weekend i'll try to post pictures of boston...where fall made a wee bit of an appearance.
bless boston. bless boston for always feeling like fall when i visit.