the beantown

i. am. going. to. boston.

i'm so excited. and i really don't have any idea why i'm so terribly ecstatic. i have a couple of good guesses -- and maybe it's the combination of all of them that make me thrilled.

i haven't been on vacation in a freakin' long time.
i haven't flown across the nation since last may... GASP!
i start to drool just thinking of all the wonderful food that i have to eat while back in boston. like ankara's ice cream and el pelon burritos and the other side cafe and oh gee, gwarsh!
i get to experience frigid weather. i mean really, california weather is just too perfect.
i love boston. it's the first city that i fell in love with. and i love it still.
i'm gonna buy me a new red sox hat.
speaking of the red sox, they won their home opener today! 14-3 against the mariners! beckett pitched an awesome game!
i'm gonna reminisce about college and cringe at everything that i blocked from memory.
boston is the only place that celebrates patriots day. i have no idea what patriots day is. but it's wonderful, and it's also marathon day, and you can't go wrong with marathon day.
maybe i'll wander around fenway.. and the commons.. and cambridge.. and boylston.
visit the old haunts.
and see my friends. lots of them. from all pieces of life.

i have good reasons to not be excited about boston too.... but i'm gonna try and enjoy myself. i think i deserve it.