Last post from Boston :(

So this past year I had this great idea to just blog all the time, but that never ended up happening and for that I apologize.  Today is my last official day of work and I am filled with so many different emotions.  But before I run away with my feelings let me share a few highlights since the last time I posted.   

 Tiff, Savanna, and Ken came to visit me in Boston.  We had so much fun!!!  We jam packed so much into everyday and was always busy.  We did the freedom trail, shopping, went to a Red Sox game (they won!), went to Perkin's school of the deaf and blind and took a tour, went to the temple, and so much more.  I am so happy that all my sisters and mom and dad made it out to Boston this year.  We made memories that I will always cherish.

 Another amazing highlight was going to the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, Red Sox vs. Yankees.  It was amazing and truly a once in a lifetime opportunity.  They had an amazing ceremony before the game and brought back so many former players.  It was so cool!  We even got to set a new world record for largest toast made.  At every seat was a can of welch's sparkling soda and so we all toasted to 100 years.  The only downer to the entire day was the Red Sox lost :( however, I can now say that I am definitely a Red Sox fan if there was any doubt before. 

 I fell into great company.  The girls that go to Wellesley college are amazing!  They invited me along to Rhode Island for a weekend and we had so much fun!  It was so relaxing.  I will definitely miss all of these girls.

 I bought these freaking awesome shoes from Nordstrom Rack!  Definitely a highlight :)

 I hung out with some people who were having a birthday party.  The candle on the cake was hilarious.  It was such a fun night.

 Every time driving the wellesley girls home from church, we would pass a food place that had over 24 flavors of soft-served.  We always wanted to try it out but it was always Sunday so we never could.  Luckily on a Saturday we finally made it there.  It wasn't bad at all. :)

 We went to two more red sox games after the 100th anniversary.  It might be hard to tell from this picture, but that is Reed in the white on the left.  His dad Mark is sitting just to the right of him and wearing a hat.  Then I am the person wearing a brown coat.  The reason this picture is so blurry is because I took it of the TV.  That night when we got home, the game was on later that evening and Reed spotted us!  It was so fun to see us on TV so I just had to take a picture!

 I got my nails done for the first time ever!  It is kind of a funny story because while Sheryl was driving me home from dropping my car off at the auto shop she was mentioning how she was going to get her nails done.  So I mentioned to her that I had never had my nails done.  Right away she said she would take me the next day to get a manicure and pedicure.  I was so surprised because I wasn't expecting it at all.  It was so so nice of her to do that and I loved it!

This is a picture of packing of my room.  Packing up is not my favorite thing to do and its crazy that I have even gotten to the point of packing up!  Very bitter sweet.

So this will definitely be my last post from Boston and I can't believe how fast the year has flown by.  When I started out, I thought this year would drag on, but now all of a sudden here I am at the end.  Honestly, I didn't think I would be so sad coming home.  In fact, I thought it would be somewhat of a relief.  However, it has been the complete opposite.  This last week has been extremely hard realizing that the end is near and I would be lying if I said I haven't cried almost everyday for the past week because I'm sad about leaving.  I have met amazing people from my ward, and I have worked with Reed, who is an amazing person and I consider him to be one of my heroes.  I feel that in this past year I have grown so much as a person in so many different ways.  I was talking to Reed the other day and he told me that he remembered talking to me on the phone over a year ago before I came out to Boston.  He said he remembered asking me what I like to do for fun and all the answers I gave him had to do with my family.  He said that I said I liked hanging out with my family and watching movies with my family, etc, etc.  He said he was concerned that I would get too homesick but in the end he thought I did just fine.  I thought that was pretty funny because homesickness was something that I definitely suffered from this past year!  Somehow I made it though.  Most importantly I have learned to rely on the Lord in all I do and to use the atonement everyday.  It will always work out when you do that.  Working with Reed I have learned to not take life for granted and to live everyday to the fullest.  I am so grateful for this past year and I know that I am a better person because of that.  I am so excited to come home and see family and friends.  Thanks to everytime who has supported me and been there for me this past year.  You have all helped me to succeed.  Boston will always hold a special place in my heart. 

The Post Without a Title :)

Its crazy how the days just get past you!  Already its the end of February and I only have three months left in Boston.  I can't believe how fast the time goes by.  Lots has happened since the beginning of 2012.  I have been doing online classes, which definitely are not my favorite thing.  Is hard as it is sometimes, I cannot complain.  I keep thinking what it would be like had I not taken any classes online.  I would only have one year of school under my belt.  Thank goodness I'm getting them done.  One of the highlights so far of 2012 was Elisse and Daleen's visit.  We had so much fun!  Picking them up at the airport was the first exciting part of their trip.  It never gets old embracing someone you love after being away from them for so long.  I can't even fully explain the feeling, but it is great!  All feelings of homesickness and sadness leave you, and you are filled with so much happiness.  The interesting part is that the only way to feel that amazing feeling is to be away from the ones you love for a very long time.  Luckily, I get to experience that feeling three more times.  We had so much fun exploring the city, venturing to Rhode Island, and making a couple trips to my favorite shop in Boston, Sweets. :) One of the worst feelings in the world is having to say goodbye to someone you love and not seeing them for a long time.  I said it before and I'll say it again, it never gets easier to say goodbye.  The only thing that gets easier is knowing that I will see them sooner then when I said goodbye the first time to Mom and Rashelle.  The trip is a memory I will always cherish.  Another exciting event that has happened since the beginning of the year has been finishing my application for BYU (I'm crossing my fingers that I get in).  I'm really excited for what the future holds and where life takes me.  Life is good :)          

Here are some of the few pictures I took while Elisse and Daleen were visiting.

This is Jason and this is us standing at the bottom of the Prudential building.

Me, Leaf, and Daleen in Rhode Island

Fenway Tour :)

Fenway press box.  This is where a scene in Moneyball was filmed!  So cool!

Random skating rink in the middle of Fenway park

Jason and I at the top of the Prudential building.  We ate Creme Brulee and chocolate cake.  Yummy!

Mom and Rashelle, New Year's, and Everything in between :)

Well I don't really have a good excuse as to why I haven't kept up on the blog... Although, it has been a busy few months with the semester ending, the holidays, etc, etc.  Mom and Rashelle visited me in October, the week before my birthday to be exact.  I had so much fun and I was so so grateful for their visit.  I was going to put a picture of us all together, but I came to find out that I didn't take any pictures (apparently I was having too much fun to snap a picture).  When they arrived, I was so happy to see them, it felt wonderful to hug them and be with them.  One thing I learned though is that it never gets easier to say goodbye.  I was dreading the moment when I would have to drop them off at the airport to go home.  It was even a hard few days after they left because I missed them so much, but while they were here we had so much fun.  We walked around the city, visited Plymouth rock, went to church, and mom and Rashelle introduced Italian Sodas to Mark and Sheryl.  Italian Sodas are now a staple in this house hold because they love them so much.  After Mom and Rashelle's visit, it was my birthday the next week.  It was a very interesting birthday.  I had slept at my friend's house and then we went to church.  I came back home to Northborough that night to find the power out in the town from the snow storm that had happened that weekend.  I opened my presents in the dark and it was a memory.  And then all of a sudden it was November.  Sheryl came home after being gone for three weeks and Rob, her quadriplegic son, came with her.  She had a book signing that weekend and that is why Rob came.  The day after Rob left, Reed's grandparents (Mark's parents) came for ten days.  They were here for Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful!  A couple days before, I was down in the dumps that I wouldn't be home with the family, but it ended up being very fun.  Two of Reed's cousins and their spouses and kids came.  The missionaries also came to eat as well.  My very good friend Enji joined us as well for dinner.  It was so fun having her there.  With everyone there, it was a lot of people and a lot of fun!  Then just like that, Thanksgiving was over.  The couple of weeks after Thanksgiving break were very chaotic because of finishing up online classes.  It was such a relief to have them over and done with!  I finished up classes just in time for Reed's sister, Renae, and her family to visit for two and a half weeks.  Renae has five kids and it was so much fun having them all here!  They were all so friendly and fun to be around.  It was noisy, and crazy, and lots of fun.  We did lots of fun things like going to Cirque Du Sole, going to the play "A Christmas Carol," going to movies, and going out to eat.  I was hoping Christmas away from the family would be as easy as it was for Thanksgiving, but it was actually harder.  The Nixon's have been extremely good to me in letting me be a part of their holiday activities but I can't deny the fact that it was hard being away from the family.  Fortunately, it was a wonderful Christmas eve and Christmas day.  I got lots of wonderful presents and it was just really fun.  Then all of a sudden, it was New Years.  We (Reed, Mark, Sheryl, and Renae's family) went to an indoor water park and had a lot of fun!  So much has happened these last few months and it has been wonderful!  PS: Down below are the few pictures I have taken... so sorry there are barely any.  And also, these pictures are in no chronological order.              

So there I was happily watching the BYU game one night and this is what I saw.  I had to rewind it to make sure I was right and sure enough I was.  I was very proud after realizing who it was.  Can you see who it is??

DAD!  I just love him so much!

This was the amazing show we attended!  The entire thing was amazing and I totally want to go to Vegas to see another one!

We went to the Basketball hall of fame during the Christmas break and I just had to take a picture of this!!

This reminded me of a room in the White house.  This is the President's house at Bentley University.  It was such a nice house and it is where Sheryl had one of her book signings.

There were so many presents under the tree on Christmas Eve!  It was a different experience because I have never been awake when "Santa" has put out all the presents, however this year I was awake and working, and I saw some of it happen.  Very weird.

This is also at the Basketball Hall of Fame.  That is Shaq's shoe size... 23!

Well its been a good end to a great year and I am so excited for 2012 and the surprises it will bring!  Happy late Holidays! 

Life is Good :)

I'm pathetic at this blogging thing and I wish that I were better.  Well here are some things I think are worth mentioning.  School has been really good.  I feel like that is all I do now a days, but thats ok because I don't know what else I would be doing.  I've taken two Biology tests, one physical science test, and a mass media test.  Tomorrow I go back to Worcester State and take another physical science test and a sociology test.  Studying for those is not very fun.  General conference weekend was amazing!  I thought it would be hard being away from the family during that time, because I love watching general conference with them.  Even though I missed them so much, I had so much fun with my friend Enji who use to be my visiting teacher.  I went to her apartment for the second session on saturday.  Its so weird watching General Conference in Boston because its a two hour difference.  Usually I'm use to conference starting at ten and two but here in Boston it starts at twelve and four.  Saturday night we went out to eat and then over to Harvard Square because a girl named Ali invited everyone for icecream for her birthday.  It was so fun being some of the girls from the ward.  On sunday morning, Enji and I made crepes because I had told her my family tradition of making crepes on sunday morning during general conference.  Overall it was a very fun weekend and I was very sad when it was over.  I forgot to mention that before general conference, at the house, all the Tv's stopped working.  There was something wrong with the satellite so on friday night, Reed and I watched the BYU game on his laptop.  Thank goodness for that!  I love watching BYU football and this season has been fun to watch so far.  Also that week, Reed, his parents, and I went to the "Big E."  Its basically this big State fair but it combines the states surrounding Massachusetts.  It was so much fun and we didn't even see it all because there was so much to see!  There were tons of booths and food and rides.  I would have liked to been able to go on some of the rides but we just stuck to the shopping.  It took me back to the days of "Steaks and Stackers."  I love those memories but at the same time it was super hard work!  Good times.  Next monday (after general conference) a Direct TV guy named Louis came to fix the TV's.  We found out he was from the dominicon republic.  He said that he was excited because in three weeks his wife was coming from the dominicon republic.  They had been apart for four years!  Louis has been here in the United States watching over his three sons while his wife was in Dominican Republic.  I can't remember the specific reason she was there but it had to do with her not being able to get a green card yet.  Anyway, when I heard that, it really put things into perspective for me.  Here I am living in Boston for only one year, being sad that I can't see my family.  I couldn't imagine what it would be like being a way from someone you love for four years!  It also made me grateful to know that families are forever and that it doesn't end after this life.  Anyway, the following weekend, I didn't have plans so I decided to text Ali to see if she could hang out.  She was more than willing to and I was so grateful for that!  It was such a fun weekend!  She even invited me to stay the night which I was super grateful for because I live an hour away from Boston.  Sheryl got her book published, which was very exciting!  The book is called, "In the Blink of an Eye."  I read the book and loved it.  Everyone should go check it out.  She has a website called www.sherylnixon.com that talks about the book and it can also be purchased there.  There are some videos on the website too that are very cool to watch.  This last weekend I was invited to go apple picking.  I was very excited!  On my way there, the check engine light in my car came on and it freaked me out!  I pulled over to see if there was anything I could do, but I couldn't get the dang hood opened.  After calling Dad, I decided it would be ok to drive and that on Monday I would take it in to get checked.  Not gonna lie, I was nervous about taking the car in!  I have never owned a car before so I have never had to do anything like that before.  They found out that the spark plugs needed to be replaced, the ignition coil needed to be replaced and the belt was completely cracked and worn out, so he replaced that as well.  The cost was a total $366.56.  I hate spending money but I really didn't have a choice, plus now it runs just fine so I'm happy :) The auto car place is about four miles away from the house, so I decided to run to it and got some excerise.  Boy am I out of shape!  But luckily I made it.  Tomorrow Mom and Rashelle are coming and I am so excited!!  Life is Good.

I forgot I had taken this picture.  I thought it was kind of ironic because I am always reminding myself that life is good.  Well this particular day that I took the picture, I was kind of down and discouraged and when I stopped at the light, this car in front of me had this sticker.

 

September- It will all work out :)

Wow its been a long time since I last posted something!  September has been a good month, but it has also been a hard month.  "It will all work out" has really been the re-occurring theme throughout this month.  Pretty Ironic.  I didn't know what to expect from online classes so I was kind of stressed with that.  It was overwhelming at first, but once I learned to get the hang of it, its been alright.  So far it has all worked out.  Online classes is definitely not my favorite way to learn, but I am grateful that I can do classes and get some credits done.  I keep reminding myself that I really have nothing else to do with my time when Reed is sleeping or watching TV, so I might as well be working on classes.  I FINALLY got my newly refurbished GPS sent to me.  After calling Garmin every week for about a month, it finally came!  Every time I called they would basically tell me the same thing.... "you should be receiving your Garmin within the next week."  Well finally after the umpteenth time of calling, the lady informed me that my GPS had been sent back to Garmin for some odd reason.  Then she told me it should be coming in the mail the next day, but if it doesn't it will definitely come on Monday.  Well it finally came on Monday.  Thank goodness because now I can go back to traveling the world again!  I really feel like since I haven't had the GPS I haven't really gone anywhere except to church because that is like the only place I only know how to get without it!  But in the end, it all worked out.  Today I just took my first test for Biology and I was very nervous for it.  It was stressful finding a proctor, getting a parking permit, studying for the test, etc, etc.  But now I can say that it all worked out!  I don't know what test score I received but I do know that I worked my hardest and did my best and because of that it will all work out.  With the online classes, some days are hard and some days are easy.  Some days I feel super stressed and other days I feel fine, but I have to constantly be reminding myself that it will all work out.  I can't think of a time in my life when it didn't work out.  Even when it didn't work out, it really did end up working out.  There was a week at the beginning of September that I kind of went into a slump of not waking up at 4:30 to turn Reed, well guess what... it worked out.  Lately I have had to remind myself about perspective.  When I become stressed I put things into perspective.  I remind myself that I am doing my best and working my hardest and that is all I can do.  Heavenly Father will take care of the rest.  Gosh the atonement is amazing!  Anyway, what have I been up to this month?  Not much really.  I feel like all I ever do is online classes.  I'm glad that college football has started.  It is one of my favorite times of the year!  BYU is not doing too hot.  It was painful watching the Utah game and now I even hate admitting that I am afraid to watch the upcoming Utah State game!  Last year I had the opportunity to attend the BYU vs Utah State game with two other people who were both cheering for Utah State!  The one time I go to a Utah State game and BYU loses!  I hope that BYU pulls it together and beats them this season because I never want to lose to them again!  I watched this season of America's Got Talent and it just finished this month.  I really enjoy that show because there is so much variety.  I like it better than American Idol because all American Idol has to offer is singing.  Now that the season has ended I don't know what I will watch! Not much else has happened.  Mark and Sheryl were gone this last weekend so I had to work and they will also be gone this weekend so I will work.  Mark and Sheryl are going to Utah this weekend.  It is hard to think that because that is my home and I would love to be able to see the fam!  Oh well.  Anyway, life is good.  I'm hoping that as fall comes and the holidays come, I'll have better things to post about, but for now, this is all I got :)

This is Reed's cool trick.

This blow-up toy came with Reed's movie, Despicable Me, so I decided to put it on his head.  He is very good at balancing!

            Life is good :)

Tid Bits :)

So I forgot to mention what happened when I came home last night.  Right in front of the door hopped a little toad.  It scared the crap out of me!  Remember that this happened at night, so it was dark.  It kept jumping into the door, like it was trying to get inside the house.  If I opened the door, I knew the little toad would hop right inside, so there I was stuck outside.  I tried going through the front door, but I knew it would be locked.  So I finally got up the courage and very quickly opened the door and booked it inside.  Luckily I made it in without the toad getting inside either.  As I was rapidly coming through the door, there sat Sheryl at the dinner table with a very surprised look on her face wondering what in the world had just happened.  When I explained it to her she started laughing.  Dang, now that I'm thinking about it, I should have taken a picture of the toad.  That same night I went up to bed and decided to see if they had any free movies on YouTube.  They do have movies but I swear they are all a bunch of B movies.  All the good ones cost money.  I was actually able to find a favorite.  "Road to Bali" with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.  Love it :) Then that night I had the strangest dream.  In the dream I was sent home from Boston and was basically replaced by another PCA that Mark and Sheryl had found.  When I got back to Utah, I was left wondering why I was sent home in the first place.  I had no idea what I had done wrong and I felt like I had failed.  Then I was also mad because I got home after Snow College had started, so I didn't even have a chance to go back to school.  Weirdest dream ever!  I asked Reed about it later.  He said he thinks it means I'm stressed out about everything.  I'm stressed that I won't do a good job at work and I'm also stressed that I won't do good in school with the online classes.  I thought this was very interesting that he said this because its so true!!  Anyway, then today when I was driving home from church, another toll booth worker talked to me!  Maybe this is a common thing that happens in Boston that I am not aware of because this is the second time it has happened.  So I pulled up to pay my $1.65 and he said, "wow, oh my goodness.  Hello beautiful... what's your name?"  I said, "Camille..."  he said, "hello Camille.  My name is Mark.  How are you today?"  As I was rummaging around for cash I said, "Good.  Oh darn I only have a twenty.  So sorry."  Then he jokingly said, "Oh Camille nothing else?  No fives or tens?"  I said, "Nope sorry."  "Well you have a nice day.  It was nice to meet you."  "Thank you I said."  I have to admit that this guy wasn't as creepy as the last one.  He was younger, big African American... probably in his mid or late thirties.  I have to keep reminding myself that I'll never see these people again so it doesn't really matter :) Although, I do have to say that it is kind of nice when people find you attractive.  Moving on... I am starting online classes this Wednesday and I am kind of nervous about it.  But more than anything I'm sad that I'm not going back to Snow College.  I text Molly tonight and asked if she was back in Ephraim and she said yes.  I was homesick for College.  I wanted to be back there with her and Whit.  I didn't think that not going back would affect me at all, but it totally has!  I miss it.  I remember Dad saying to me last year before actually going to Snow in the first place that I would have the time of my life at school.  He said I would have so much fun that I wouldn't even want to come home.  At the time I didn't believe him at all.  I remember being so afraid and looking forward to the times that I would be able to go back home on the weekends.  Well he ended up being so right!  I had the time of my life!  It was a huge blessing to meet Molly and Whit.  Seriously if I had not met them, my year would have been horrible.  I would have been stuck in my prison cell dorm with a roommate that likes to draw sharpie tattoos of weird looking dragons all over her boyfriend's back.  I would have had to watch as they engaged in "tickle" fights... very interesting.  I would have also had to eat the same food everyday for the entire year in the badger den.  But because of meeting Molly and Whit,  I honestly could not have asked for a better school year.  I remember it was exactly a year and one day ago Dad, Mom, Savanna and Ken dropped me off at my Dorm.  It was unbelievably hard when it was time to say goodbye!  It was even so hard that we decided to go to Walmart first, buy a fan, and then drop me off.  I cried and my family cried.  I remember that day thinking how exciting it would be when the last day of school arrived.  My family would come pick me up with all my stuff and we would happily drive home.  Well the next day was Sunday.  Later in the evening after church, I called home crying because I was so homesick.  I didn't think I would make it through that day, or the next day... but I did make it.  Skip ahead to the last day of spring semester (which was about four months ago).  I was dreading the last week of school because I knew it would be the last week I would ever be in Ephraim ever again.  I packed up my car, said goodbye to Molly and Whit, and bawled my eyes out as I drove out of Ephraim.  Then I cried the rest of the way home.  Well now here I am in Boston and I feel like the exact same thing has happened again.  I dreaded coming out to Boston.  Like going to Snow, I knew it was the right thing to do.  I cried saying goodbye to my family.  I looked forward to the day I would return to them.  At first the homesickness felt unbearable, but now as the days move forward, even though it still comes, it comes less and less.  It is amazing though.  Already from this experience I have learned so much!  I have learned how real and how amazing the atonement is.  I've learned to rely on the Lord.  I have learned that it will all work out.  So even though I am so sad that I will not be going back to Snow this next school year, I know that good times lay ahead.  Already I've done amazing things that I would have never dreamed of doing before.  I've met Reed who is an amazing person and a great friend, I went to six flags, California, four different major league baseball stadiums, I've seen Boston, I've gone sailing, I've met incredible people and have gone to an amazing ward.  I can't complain about this experience because it truly is a once in a lifetime experience.  Don't worry, come May, I'll let you know what I'm feeling at the end of the Boston story.  To be continued...

Ah Life :)

Well let me think of things that have happened since my last post... A couple of weeks ago I found out my computer wasn't working for online classes.  When I tried logging into blackboard it would come up saying an error has occurred.  Boy did that stress me out!  I called Snow College's computer department which did and did not help.  The first lady I called, I explained how the problem only occurred on my computer and that I was able to log in on other computers just fine.  She then told me the obvious answer which I already knew.  "Oh there is something wrong with your computer.  You will need to get that fixed.  Good thing you found that out before classes started!" In the back of my head I'm thinking... duh!  So then the next two guys I called they didn't answer.  Then the last guy I called, if I had just listened to him in the first place, it would have saved me a load of stress!  He told me the things to check were uploading the latest adobe, check window settings, and download the latest java.  I don't know what I was thinking, but I only checked the window settings.  So I talked to Reed and he said he had a computer friend that could possibly look at it.  I text my home teacher and asked if he knew anyone in the ward that was big into computers.  He found someone for me.  Long story short, I took my computer to church and the girl (Aubrey) couldn't really look at it because we didn't have the Internet at that moment.  So she said to just email her so we could set up a time to do it later.  Reed's friend came over for fhe with his family, but they had to hurry and leave and didn't have time to look at it so he said if I needed help later in the week to just give him a call.  Reed said he would look at it to see if he could fix the problem.  Well Reed couldn't figure out the problem so he said he would call his friend.  His friend didn't answer.  During all this time I am just stressed out!  What ended up happening was Reed and I figured out how to upgrade Java.  I did that and the problem was fixed.  If I had just listened to the dang snow computer guy in the first place I would have been better off!  I guess many lessons can be learned from this experience.  Technology problem #2... Two Sunday's ago I get in my car to come home from church.  This particular Sunday was absolutely wonderful!  It was fast Sunday so testimony meeting was amazing.  During church I was able to pay my tithing which was such a blessing!  Also during church I got a new perspective on trials.  So I was just feeling really really good and probably the best I'd felt in the last couple of days (keep in mind this was during the time of the computer incident).  So I get in the car, turn on my GPS and what comes up?  A blank white screen with a little black dot, and the words "press black dot."  After pressing the black dot like fifty times, nothing happened!  I turned it on and off and on and off and still the screen stayed the same.  I became filled with anger.  I was mad that I just had an amazing time at church and then something like this happens!  I didn't even know if I knew the way home.  Well I made it home without the GPS that day.  So the next day I packaged it up and took it back to Walmart.  Problem #1... I lost the receipt.  problem #2... I paid for the GPS with cash!  Well Walmart said they couldn't do anything about it because they have some dumb policy where they don't take back electronics after fifteen days of the purchase.  So here I was stuck with a broken GPS.  I called Garmin and waited on the phone for fifteen minutes.  The guy was actually very helpful.  He had me try downloading something on to my computer to update my GPS.  That process took like thirty minutes.  That ended up not even working so he said I could do whats called a "nu for nu."  I send back my GPS and show proof that I bought it in like the last 90 days and they send me back a brand new GPS.  Well I didn't have the receipt so he said the next best thing he could do was have me send in my GPS and they would send me back a refurbished GPS.  He said I wouldn't even be able to tell a difference.  So I was all for it.  No instructions were given on how to send back the GPS, so I packaged it up in the box with all the accessories and sent it back.  Four days later I get an email from Garmin with instructions on how to send back the GPS.  They specifically said in the email to only send back the GPS and nothing else.  Well it would have been nice to know this before sending it away!  So once again I had to call up Garmin (only waited like three minutes this time which was nice) and tell them my situation of how I sent everything back.  The lady was able to help me out, so hopefully when I do get my GPS back that it will have the accessories with it!  In the mean time, I am still waiting for my GPS.  The next Sunday I had to drive to church without a GPS and luckily I did fine.  On my way to church I caught a glimpse of a sign that I'd never seen before, so I decided to take a picture of it....

So it's hard to read... it was quite a bit a way.



 Today I had to drive into Boston WITHOUT a GPS.  Boy did it stress me out!  Getting there was actually not even a problem because I arrived in the afternoon.  Getting home was a little more challenging but I'll get to that in a second.  First let me explain what I did in Boston.  As I mentioned before, Aubrey was going to help me with my computer problem... but then that problem got fixed.  So I decided to see if she would still want to hang out.  I'm so glad we did because it was so much fun!  We went sailing on the Charleston River.  Aubrey just got her sailing card back in July so she can take people out sailing.  It was so much fun being out on the river.  Something about being out on the water is just so relaxing.  After, we took the T to her apt, ate dinner and then watched a movie.  She wanted to go to bed early which I had no problem with because I did not want to be driving late at night without a GPS.  I road the T by myself (first time by myself) back to my car which took about thirty minutes.  That ended up not even being the hard part.  I set the route in my phone GPS and it came up saying that it couldn't connect.  I tried a couple of times and it still wasn't working!  So I said a quick prayer, turned it off, turned it on, and it worked.  Amazing how prayer works.  Right out of the gate the same exact thing that happened to me the first time happened again!  I missed a turn, and ended up driving a little bit all over the place.  I got the sick feeling in my stomach again, but this time I stayed calmer.  I was able to find my way back to I-90 and then made it home safe and sound!  HF really does look out.  Overall it was a very very fun day! 

So this is a picture of a one-thousand piece puzzle that Reed, Sheryl, Mark, and myself assembled.  It took three days but we got it done!  The third day, Sheryl and Reed worked on in for a couple of hours and then I worked on it for four hours straight by myself and finished it!  It was very hard, but actually really fun :) I'm ready for another one!