Maine drag

Thus far, I couldn't have asked for a better summer: traveling to my favorite summer vacay spots: New York and Maine, visiting my sister in Chicago, living with my friend liz, being 21 and next to a great city (and getting to finish the Harry Potter series which was amazing--promise I won't ruin it). However, I could have asked for a better layover in JFK. How could a transportation system run so poorly? Better yet, all means of transportation! I could blame Jet Blue for my 3 am arrival in to Columbus. I'd rather lay the blame on Laguardia, for having an extra runway hence making all JFK arrivals and departures late.
Enough about planes and my bitterness towards them, Maine was wonderful this weekend! I was able to sleep, a lot. I went to the beach, ate seafood, and went kayaking on the pond. It was so nice to be away from people for a while.
Over the next couple of weeks I am quite busy. I am taking some time off from working in the Admissions office to take my "vacation." Total, it adds up to 2 weeks. However, I am taking it over a period of 4 weeks so I am missing a few days every week. Wednesday I am going home for two days to get my life together before school starts: doctor appointments, cleaning, packing--things like that. The week after that, it is back to New York. Thank GOD I am driving this time.

Summer lovin', happened so fast...

How does the summer go by this fast? Seriously, July is halfway over and I am booked solid every weekend for the rest of the summer! As promised, photos from Chicago are included in this post. Since I live near Chicago I never get to do the tourist-y things so we went to Millennium Park (beautiful). Personally, I am a huge fan of the botanical gardens. In Columbus there is apparently a butterfly conservatory with Chihully glass. Sounds
brilliant-I'll have to go sometime.
Recently, I have been spending a lot of time in Columbus. Gallery hop, another unique feature of Columbus, occurs every month throughout the year. All of the galleries and shops in the Short North stay open late and people meander through them. I think Delaware will have that future potential as well. Even in the three short years that I have been here, Delaware has added shops, restaurants, antique stores, and boutiques. It's pretty exciting to see it happening.
This coming weekend I am heading to Maine which will be a nice and relaxing change. For once it will be nice to be away from the rest of civilization. Other than that I have been doing some great reading and studying for the GRE. Oh! And I am also training for the Columbus 1/2 Marathon. As a retired cross country runner, I could never see myself doing a marathon-I know how much work that is. Half of that distance seems much more appropriate. Hopefully the weather cools enough to allow for some good running!

I have never been to a Major League Baseball game where the team I have rooted for won! How disappointing is that? I am very bad luck. Last weekend I went to a Cubs game in Chicago for my birthday and to visit my sister. It was sad, to say the least, that the Cubs, on a seven game winning streak mind you, lost!!
I am pretty excited for the 4th of July tomorrow because not only do I get to sleep in I also get to go to Red White and Boom tonight! I go for the food--fireworks are so blaise.
Other than the occasional trip, I have been moving in with my friend Liz before I can finally move in to my apartment in August. It has been absolutely gorgeous here and I am hoping to be able to ride my bike in bearable heat. Ohio has a great rails to trails program which converts old railroad tracks and turn them in to trails-nice, huh?