Coming Home!

Quick blog post from the airport!

We are getting ready to head back to Columbus from Boston. It has been a busy couple of weeks. Last week we were in Michigan with my college roommates, which was awesome. It was nice to get caught up and spend some time relaxing. I am lucky to still be able to hang out with my college friends.

We have spent this week in Boston! I LOVE it! As per my facebook status, our new plan is to put a lot of pressure on our future children so they feel like they need to go to Harvard to get our approval. Then we can visit a lot. There is something historical everywhere you go. Ashley and Greg were awesome and showed us around. Greg's parents, Jan and Tim, made us feel like part of the family. We went to Concord and saw Walden Pond, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and toured Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House. It was incredible to walk where Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and the Alcotts all hung out. What an amazing group of minds. They spent so much time debating the same issues we are worried about, but I think they spent less time dance partying. I am sure that is the only difference. I will post pictures when I get home!

At Harvard, I read through Abba Alcott's journal fragments and autobiography, and some newspaper clippings about the family. I will probably not post pictures of those since I am pretty paranoid about all of the papers I signed saying I wouldn't distribute the images. I got to hold some pressed flowers from Anna's wedding (Meg in Little Women) and some flowers marking the diary entry after Lizzie's (Beth) death. I was actually tearing up in the library, but don't tell the real Harvard people. Diary entries are tough to read when you know the outcome. Abba kept writing about how Lizzie was rallying and I was like, oh dear, she is not. I can't believe that I got to read the Alcott material for myself! I am going to incorporate the information in my chapter tomorrow and then finish drafting chapter three for my writing group meeting next week.

As much fun as I have had the past couple of weeks, I am glad it is September and I am on my way home. I am looking forward to the fall and getting back to a regular routine. I miss everyone!