Boston

Hello Friends,

I'm in Boston right now at our friend Meghan's apartment. We met her at OU over the past couple years. She is the greatest hostess. Anyways, here's a run down of what we've been doing...

Yesterday was an amazing first day of the trip. We went to the Tribe game against the Milwaukee Brewers.  Of course, the Tribe's bullpen blew the game. Score was 14-12 Brewers. It was such a great time though. Thank you so much everyone who came to the game to bid us farewell. Panini's was a great time and sitting with so many friends and family members during the game was perfect. Thanks especially for for the many generous gifts (and free beers). 

A few favorite moments from the game:

Being on the JumboTron

Eating a Panini sandwich (the rest of the trip won't be so tasty)

Joe's Indians hulk fist coozy

All the pictures we took

So after a decent amount of drinking and not a whole lot of sleep, we woke up early as hell and got on the road about 6am. We had a little mishap right off the bat. I was driving the first leg, and because it was 6am, I wasn't thinking. I was planning on getting on 9oE and instead decided it would be more fun to take 80E, the turnpike. So after our detour (we lost a solid half hour), we were on our way. We drove about 11ish hours to Boston, stopped four times along the way for gas, and arrived around 5:30ish. It was perfect timing. Meghan left work and met us at her apartment around 6. We chilled and then she walked us to the subway to take to Fenway Park.

It's a really short train ride to Fenway from Meghan's. We got to the ballpark and walked around outside for a while to check out the sites. Then, we went into the park and found our seats. Fenway is sick. It's such a cool historic building and great place to see a ball game. The energy in the place is unreal. It reminded me of Indians games back in the mid to late 90s when fans actually gave a shit. I'm not a Sox fan (That's an understatement. I hate the Sox.), but it was soooo cool that I found myself actually getting into the game with the crowd. I cheered for the Sox on more than on occasion. I'm ashamed. Our seats were killer too. On a side note, this was one of the coolest birthday presents ever. THANK YOU SO MUCH RACHEL. We were right around 3rd base in the lower level. The best part of the game was everyone singing Sweet Caroline. People really get into it.

After the game we headed back to Meghan's. It took forever because the train station was packed. But we made it back and walked to Meg's apartment. We've just been chillin here since, having a few brews. Like I said before, she's the best hostess. She had Sam Adams Summer Ale waiting for us in the fridge. Her apartment has roof access and an absolutely insane view of the city. She has the coolest record player I've ever seen. We jammed some Fleetwood Mac and Van Morrison records. Another side note, I want a record player really bad.

That's about it for the first day. Meghan has to work tomorrow, so Sam and I are heading into the city to explore. We have tons of stuff to see. I'm pretty excited to see Harvard Square because I'm told the campus is identical to OU's.

Be on the look out tomorrow for pictures from the first two games. I'll post them when I have time tomorrow. Thanks again to everyone who came to the kick off game in Cleveland, Rachel for the Boston tickets (they were amazing, if I didn't mention it), and Meghan for being a great hostess and setting the bar for all the rest :)

Listen to:

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon

Van Morrison - It Stoned Me

Rolling Stones - Miss You

Peace,

Matt