The Adventures of Amy, Ben, and Ari: 2008/07

23 July 2008

Captain Amy

as crazy as this is to believe, i am officially a captain?! i am allowed, by the us coast guard, to operate a 50 gross ton vessel. i also have a towing endorsement (maybe, if everything goes wrong, i can work for sea tow??).

hopefully i will never have to use any of these skills...

12 July 2008

Amy W's Birthday

for amy w.'s 27th birthday an adventurous group of us hiked mt. washington. we had a great day!

mt washington 6288ft
mt monroe 5372ft
ammonoosuc ravine trail
crawford path
gulfside trail
jewell trail

cog railroad, marshfield station

matt, yanet, sean, dave, me, spencer, amy, sylvia, and ari

katahdin is only 332 miles from the top of washington!

sean, yanet, ari and i begging matt for food on the top of washington

beautiful!

me, dave, and matt

spencer, me, dave, sean, amy and yanet after the hike...

exhausted ari

10 July 2008

When Harry Met Sally

and the past two months...

as hard as this is to believe, i just watched ‘when harry met sally’ for the first time, because of a friend’s recommendation. to start with, I LOVED IT! i laughed so hard that i almost started to cry (you can ask annie and stephanie to verify this). my favorite part is when meg ryan is crying because her ex-boyfriend is getting married and says:
“but, i’m going to be 40”
billy crystal responds with “when”
meg says “someday”
billy, in a very normal voice says, “in eight years!”

this may not be funny to anybody but me but i still laugh when i think about it. maybe it is funny to me because i am going to be 30 in less than three weeks and i am a little worried...

lessons learned from may and june:

1. never think you can be friends with a married man
2. never think a relationship is possible with a married man
3. if either 1 or 2 happens... run, don’t walk!
4. the most important lesson i learned... i can fall in love again :)

after the recent events in my life i thought i would be a little down/depressed (i am usually a happy person who rarely has a bad day) but with everything going on i have not had time to dwell on it. i love boston in the summer! i love my friends (especially my roommates)!

thanks for letting me vent...

08 July 2008

Cannon Mountain

saturday 5 july 2008
elevation 4100
franconia notch, nh

a group of us and two dogs (ari and his friend braun) hiked cannon mountain. we started up the lonesome lake trail and continued on the kinsman ridge trail to the top of cannon. the only person missing from the pictures is spike. i am not sure how he avoided the camera but somehow he did.

dave, me, ashley, sean, steve, and richard

amy, lumina, and sean

ashley, steve, and me

lumina, riva, me, amy, sean, steve, ashley, and dave on the observation tower at the top

happy puppy!

i am always proud when i can tire out two dogs and an ashley!

we made pizza after the hike! this one was my proud achievment (with a lot of help from dave)

dave and i proudly displaying our work of art!

03 July 2008

Rascal Flatts, Rascal Flatts, Rascal Flatts

do i need to say anymore! and keith lockhart and the boston pops!

hatch shell
boston, ma

on sunday annie asked me if i wanted to go with her and a bunch of friends to see the boston pops on the 3rd of july for the practice performance. i replied with "are you crazy, i hate people and crowds" and she responded with "rascal flatts will be there". i screamed with excitement and said i would go!!

we left our house at 14:30 and rode to community boating in order to lock up our bikes, then we walked over to the shell. when we arrived there were three lines of people waiting to get in.