To Boston and back!

I actually returned from Boston a few weeks ago, but I never posted about it! Now that I know that my sisters actually read my blog I'm going to be posting more often!
The trip to Boston was great. I flew up on Sunday to meet Ryan, who was already in the area doing interviews. It was so good to see him because we had been apart for about two weeks. My wonderful Aunt Tricia and Uncle Doug opened their home to us and we stayed with them until Friday! Ryan had interviews Monday through Wednesday, so I basically drove myself to dialysis and just had "me" time on those days. Monday night, Ryan and I went to the Harvard club for a dinner with other applicants to on of the Harvard hospitals. It was a lot of fun! We had a very nice meal and sat with some good conversationalists. I made fun of Ryan because he had been telling me how bad these dinners were, how uncomfortable he always felt, and then we ended up having this great time! "That wasn't so bad!" I told him. "No!! It usually isn't anything like that! It's usually terrible!" he told me.
Tuesday night we got to hang out with Tricia and Doug a bit. We sat around and talked and ate chicken noodle soup, an Uncle Doug specialty!
Wednesday night, we drove to Weston to visit Aunt Colleen, Uncle John, and Irene! Irene looks like she could be 17! She and my aunt are both so beautiful! We had a wonderful dinner and just enjoyed talking. I'm so glad my relatives got to meet Ryan!
Thursday was our big day in the city. We had planned all sorts of great adventures, and of course we were going to walk the entire Freedom Trail before going over to Harvard square for dinner. After about one block of walking in the twelve degree weather (and it felt colder because of the wind) we ducked into a Starbucks to recover. The entire Freedom Trail was NOT going to happen!! We did go to a few of the important landmarks and went into buildings as often as we could to get out of the cold. I think we should go back in July to try out the city again. January is probably not the smartes time to try to walk Boston.
We ended up going to Harvard Square to get drinks at this great little restaurant. We sat and talked and drank for about 3 hours. It was so nice to be in a warm spot in the middle of Harvard Square!
We stayed with Tricia and Doug until Friday, and then we headed to Pittsburgh, PA. We stayed in Pittsburgh until Tuesday morning, and had an interesting time there. It is sad; the best evening we had in Pittsburgh was on Sunday when we visited the Sceince museum and saw an omnimax movie and then went to a riverfront restaurant to get drinks and dinner, but that night we both woke up at around 1am to throw up. So I'm not so sure I love that restaurant, even though our time there was great. It snowed a lot in Pittsburgh, which I was very happy about! Boston only got a light dusting while we were there, and I love snow!
We ended our trip by dropping by Indianapolis and then driving back to Greenville. On the whole trip neither of us got tired of each other at all, which I hear is a good sign. :) It was great to spend time in all these different cities with the guy I'm in love with! And I'm so happy I got to spend time with the best relatives a person could ask for!
Oh, about that hat that I'm wearing in the picture: Ryan bought it for me the day after we spent the coldest day in the city of Boston. Aunt Tricia thought it was "so interesting! Isn't that something!?" I think those were her exact words. Okay, so she may not have been the biggest fan, but Ryan thought it was adorable! :)