so this weekend was amazing. i drove down to philly in the yucky rain friday evening and it was mostly dark. there are 2 things i don't like to drive in the dark and the rain. but i rocked out to taylor and she made it all better. it is a easy drive down to jeanne's she lives outside the city near media. so we spent the evening catching up on our lives and teaching/school psychologisting and everything while enjoying some wine. also laughing at travis, who kept falling asleep on the couch! jeanne's boyfriend is kinda an extension of our group, the 4 of us would always go visit him in college. we then watched two episodes of greek, as i was behind. so that was great because it was jeanne who got me into it :)
saturday we were up early and into philly along kelly drive for the head of the schuylkill. enjoyed looking at boathouse row :) and then walked along until we found the team's trailers and boats. saw a few girls on the team who we knew, it is crazy the only people we know on the team are now seniors! eeeeek! made me feel old. saw ashleigh and jumped on her and we sounded like we hadn't seen each other in 2.5 year (oh wait i haven't seen her since may 20,2007) so it was AMAZING to see her. even if we didn't get to talk too much since she had her boys to coach. saw our coaches and they gave us big hugs.. met the new men's coach who i apparently emailed back in 2005 about the chestertown tea party when i was doing a paper on did it really happen. (i just went and found the email! haha!) and also coxed two boats off the trailer for the novice teams. and the weather... well it could have been better, but it could have been much worse! it was low 60s and of and on rain. but it was nice to be at a race and just to cheer and have fun! and after work travis joined us, and we watched a lot of the races from the strawberry mansion bridge, which was a cool viewpoint. it would be even better for 2k races! and then at the end of the day it started to pour! we were there from 9.30 to 4.30 and soaked! so we went back to their apartment with the plans to change and then go out in philly, but on the way home we decided to just stay in media... and after a few minutes at home and it raining even more, we ordered in, drank more wine and we were falling asleep at 10pm! so much for my crazy night in philly, but it was still so much fun!
sunday we walked around media and then i hit the road, so i could go meet a zeta sister to talk about advising a college chapter and then get home to do some work! so it was fun and i can't wait to see her more often. we are about 2 hours away from each other, so we want to make plans to meet halfway for dinner more often. and then i'm super psyched for this weekend in connecticut! YAYYAYAY!
so i've decided i really like philly. i had never been until this summer and the more i go the more i love it. i still need to do most of the touristy things - i've only seen the liberty bell. so yay for new adventures and hopefully getting to explore a fun new city which really isn't too far away!
how was everyone's weekend?
looking up the schuylkill towards the start
boats racing down the course
jeanne, ash and i
john kelly.. one of the best rowers ever... kelly drive is named after him
we hid out under the bridge for a while and watched races!
4 comments:
I miss Philly, so glad you like it. I went to college there and I still failed to do so many of the touristy things- there is always time for that I guess.
my mom and dad work in media!!! were you in springfield??
I'm glad you liked Philly! :)
PS- GO PHILLIES :)
Glad you had a good time....but where is your swap partners post? lol Isn't that part of the swap concept? =)
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