Homewood, pt. II

I think I'm addicted to traveling. I went down to Baltimore again this past weekend for the Alumni game/party. It was awesome to see my old teammates who have graduated, friends still in school, and the new players who I've gotten to know briefly from the two times that I played with the team in the fall.

The trip in brief:
Friday
6pm - got the next to the last seat on the chinatown bus. last row, in the middle between ipod guy and PSP guy.
10pm - got the next to the last illegit seat on the Chinatown <-> Flushing shuttle. I sat on a tiny fold-out chair right next to the driver and hoped that I don't die.
10: 40pm - home

Saturday
6am - LIRR train to Penn Station
6:45am - Amtrak to Baltimore
9:30am - cab to Charles Village
9:40am - found Kaplan's house but could not enter... no one's awake.
noon - Alumni game at BWI, complete with mud and lots of heckling. We had our own Women's game too. It was awesome.... except for the sprained ankle.
11pm - Alumni Party. was great.

Sunday
2am - sleep
5am - woke up
6am - on a 7hr train ride back to Boston. I slept well past Conneticut I think.

Call me crazy, but I really enjoyed my brief stay... and did not mind the long travel. As much as I miss college life, the working life ain't half bad either...mainly because I no longer have to squeeze every penny as hard I guess =]

"Can I have some Ibuprophen?"
"Sure. Wash it down with a drink?"

Homewood

I flew down to Baltimore last weekend to see my buddies. It was pretty spontaneous decision... thanks Jess and Weijie for bringing up the idea! Every time "Baltimore" comes up in conversations at work, collegues either ask me "how is it" (read: "I heard it's really sketchy, how ghetto is it"), or somehow casually mention how they saw three murders on the news during their last trip down there. Yeah. I must admit, as much as I wanted to defend my silly B'more / Hopkins pride, not gonna lie, the city as a whole does not even come close when compared to Boston, or even Cambridge, if you will. That said, being back in Baltimore still made it warm (hahah) and fuzzy. I guess that's what nostalgia is all about.

The 4K05 crew met up in Mughal Garden on Saturday for buffet, just like the old days. Everyone seemed quite settled and happy with their lives back in the real world. I'm glad. I remember how during our nightly presentations, half of us would nonchalantly tag on ".... I just graduated too, and I ALSO don't have a job yet. (hahah)." in our personal introductions. We've all moved on since then. Some of us started work, some are looking forward to grad/med school, while some have their hands full with a double dose of orgo/biochem and all that premed goodness.

It was amazing how we still vividly recall random fragments on the trip and still find the stupidest details so funny. I love it. I also love how we all know that the stories will never get old (maybe only better) and that we'll continue to talk about them for years to come... like how old veterans remember their days of glory.

I got to see Kat, Devin, Jenny and Wendy too! Jenny, Wendy, and I got Indian food for dinner (a few hrs after buffet at Mughal, yes). Jenny's place is so nice! Personal washer/dryer! I'm so jealous...my laundry facility is 5 blocks away. booo.

Pho on Sunday with Devin, Wendy & Jenny for lunch! And then Devin dropped me off with his new car at BWI. Back to the work week!