So I spent last Wednesday through this past Tuesday in the beautiful city of Boston. I was hoping that this trip would provide me with some sort of lightbulb/revelation/inner peace about what I was going to do with my life. No such luck.

On Saturday and Sunday I pretty much just walked around exploring Boston with Randy & Tamara (who were so gracious to let me crash on their couch for a week). I loved the city even more the second time around. I thought the snow was pretty in January, but the Public Garden in April is 10 times better. I love walking down Newbury Street and stopping to get a coffee at an underground cafe, I love the 5-story Cambridge Antique Market, I LOVE having Dunkin Donuts on every corner. In short, I felt totally at home.
Anyway, the next morning I woke up at 3:30 (2:30 Arkansas time) to go to the airport. I was supposed to fly out at 5:40 a.m. and be home by 10 BUT this being the day after the Boston Marathon and an extra 40,000 people were flying out and all it took me 7 flights to get a seat SO I got home around 9 o’clock Tuesday night (18 hours later). I did, however, have plenty of time to think and talk to Jacob about my grad school/interview experiences. We weighed all of our options and made a decision, I think. We are going to stay in Fayetteville for a year, taking whatever jobs we can get, and I’m going to defer my enrollment at Boston University until August 2011 because:
- We don’t have enough (or any really) money to move right now
- We want to get married before we move away to start our careers
- We want to be able to save some money for when we do start our new life together
We fully intend to move to Boston in a year. I’m not giving up, just taking it slow. This decision has caused me to be oddly calm about the future. It’s still not really in my nature to take a break and assume that ‘everything will just work out’ but I have to believe it or I’ll go crazy.
In other news, I guess I’m officially on the job hunt in Northwest Arkansas and a week from today I will be completely done with college. crazy

Hey Jessi, just saying hello. Sorry we missed the wedding but from the pictures I've seen and talking with Debra and dad, it was awesome. Congratulations.
Rick