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After hours upon hours of travel and moving my sister's things all over New England, I'm enjoying a breather in my sister's new house in Boston. This is my first trip to Boston and I must say, I'm quite impressed. The city is friendly, quaint, historic, and full of charm. And now for some thoughts on Boston:

• Almost any place you go to eat is delicious
• My sister's island, Charlestown, squeezes fourteen thousand people into one square mile
• Everyone seems to be extremely friendly, except when they're driving
• I will not be driving up to Boston to visit my sister--the city can't fit another car
• The accents are fantastic
• My sister's home, built in the late nineteenth century, is small, but cozy... old, but charming--it's the perfect place
• Public transportation is your friend
• High-speed Internet access is your friend (I'm using a backup 56K dial-up at the moment--after being on the T3 at school for a month, this is like molasses in January)

I'm sure there will be more to tell as the week continues. As for future travel plans, I'm taking the Amtrak Acela Express home on Sunday, a train that zips around the Northeast at around 150 miles per hour. Then, before returning to school on the 19th, I'm planning to visit some family north of Milwaukee via Amtrak. By the end of all this traveling, I'm be train trained....

Some people might be wondering how I spent July. Nearly the entire month was spent in Lynchburg, where I was an RA for the Governor's School for Mathematic and Science, a summer program for gifted Virginia students. As an RA, I helped administer daily activities (movies, sports, dances, etc.), made sure my boys were up in the morning, and in their rooms at night. It was fun, rewarding, and tiring. I'm going to do my best to do it again next year.

One of the truely rewarding aspects of my work was the relationships forged with my fellow RAs and the Governor's School students. One of the RAs, Dave, will be my RA this coming year. I knew about half of the two hundred students on a firstname basis. While most of the students were rising seniors in high school, I felt as if they were my peers. Most were very mature and extraordinarily intelligent. It was really a great experience and I look forward to working as an RA again next year, should the opportunity arise.