The next day we woke up around 8 o'clock and went for a run through Watertown Square and along the Charles River. It was almost 40 degrees out and compared to the freezing temperatures we've been bearing in Chicago, it was practically t-shirt weather.
After a 3.5 mile run, we showered and headed to my Grandma's to spend some time with her and my aunt. We sat for several hours eating and laughing, and then headed over to my aunt and uncle's house less than a half mile away. Fortunately, all of my cousins were there to entertain us for another couple of hours of laughing and snacking.
On Sunday, my brother, my boyfriend, Jack, and I went to Harvard Square after a goodbye breakfast with my aunt and Grandma. My boyfriend had never seen Harvard before (he is from California) and so we walked through the campus and perused the bookstores, feeling extra motivated to read every novel on the "Staff's Picks" shelf.
Conveniently enough, my boyfriend's cousin - the author of The Language of Flowers, a bestseller the past two years - lives in Cambridge, and we were able to have dinner with her family before heading off to the airport. She said she knew Lois Lowry well (the author of The Giver and Number the Stars), and I think I became star-struck for the first time in my life - without even seeing the "star".
More pictures to come! My workout is definitely on a brief hiatus - I opted for skipping the workout and indulging in a big breakfast on Sunday. I also forgot my gym bag and couldn't train with my track runners at practice today as we prepare for tomorrow's first meet (which will aso keep me out of the gym). I will be traveling to New York on Wednesday night to Friday night, so I can only hope that my hotel has a gym!
