The Real World Starts...Tuesday!

Hey girls,

Well, my road trip pretty much ended as soon as it started. I mentioned that I was stopping in Boston to interview for a job before I headed out to St. Louis. Well, apparently it went well because as soon as I arrive in St. Louis, I got a call from the Animal Rescue League of Boston and they offered me a job. So I start this Tuesday as an animal care and adoption agent right in Boston. It doesn't pay a whole heck of a lot to start with, but they said that you earn raises regularly and there will be opportunities to move up in the shelter. Another plus is that Dr. Scarlett (the woman that I worked for at the vet school) is very good friends with the vice president of animal welfare and new program development who is a veterinary epidemiologist and an adjunct professor at Tufts. So things are looking up, and I think this job will be good for me until I decide to go back for graduate school.

Kristin, I am so glad that you are finally able to write on the blog. I wasn't 100% sure I was giving you correct directions...technology chair lives on... :) It was good hearing about your summer thus far. It seems pretty crazy with all the family drama and then of course Fernando. Thank god you ended it and did not go to Peru with him. I, too, fear that you would not have come back in one piece. Good luck with grad school, I bet you are pretty excited to get back to Cornell soon.

Judy, Ohio seems fantastic (note: using sarcasm). I drove through Ohio to get to and from St. Louis and it was like the worst time of my life. Sooooo long of a drive....sooo boring....so many cops...and not much to look at. I wouldn't worry too much about your neighbors, it isn't like you will be there too much longer. Are you excited to start veterinary school? I was updated on a ton of gossip about each class. More information than I really care about, but I guess all I have to say is good luck and get ready for some serious drama. (but really we all know that you love the drama...as long as you are not directly involved)

Caton, so you are back in nashville, and Jenna is visiting! That is awesome. I wish I could have visited but money is slightly tight right now and now that I am starting work I won't have time for a while. :( When does school start? I want to hear all about your first days. Ms. McKenna...science teacher extraordinaire!

If you read this while Jenna is still with you, tell her I need her cell number. I recently got a new phone because my other had a serious water incident, and I tried to reenter numbers, but I don't have the right number for her, because I tried calling her the other day, but I talked to someone named Brian. Interesting. Well, anyway tell her I miss her. (I miss the rest of you too of course)

Well girls, this weekend I am moving into my brothers apartment in Framingham, Massachusetts, just 20 minutes outside of Boston, and of course you are all welcome to visit me...anytime. (Don't worry about my brother, hes practically living with his girlfriend, and the only reason he let me move in with him is because he feels bad about leaving his cat without human companionship for days on end.)

Getting into the city is pretty easy and there is much more to do in Boston than in Ithaca. Also, the pool of guys is much larger in the city than my little rinky-dink town in New Hampshire. All in all life is pretty good. things are going well, though I wish we were all going to be reunited in just a few short weeks.

Miss you all
Naomi