Pink Cereal and Raspberries

I've officially been away from home for a month. It's the longest I've ever been away - the previous record: 3 weeks (with my family...).

I don't know what to say, really. Well, I can say that last night I was talking with another girl from California, and she said that when she first came to Boston in the Fall, she thought she could stay here forever. She thought, "I can work anywhere!" Then, the winter hit. Needless to say, we're both planning on moving back after graduation - she just gets to go back before I do, b/c she's a semester ahead of me. We're both worried about damaging our skin in the cold...the heat in apartments is drying, the cold outside doesn't too much for the blood vessels in the face. What can I say? I'm a California girl, and I care how I look (as much as I'd rather not).

So, I'm glad (I think) that I made the decision to come here, but I do know that I do not want to stay in this cold, exhausting, semi-beautiful place. Do you know that they don't even make shopping an event?? It's like people go shopping, because they HAVE to...not b/c it's a sport!! This, to a professional shopper, is shocking.

Oh, how I miss the hours spent scanning the Macy's clearance racks w/Mama, the annual Christmas shopping trip in SF w/Jessica...