a special occasion

wow. so here it is. my 200th post. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank my dear readers, for following along this journey, back and forth across the ponds. of course i'd like to thank my mother, for making me write one-page essays before i could get my allowance - only AFTER scrubbing the toilets - all those saturdays of my youth. and to all of those who have been subject to and subjects OF my postings week after week, year after year (I started this in october 2005)!

so since it is my 200th post, i thought perhaps i should do something special, write something requiring exra thought or consideration. a musing on life post-200, a profound gem of wisdom.

instead, i think i'll share a picture of my new beau. (that's pretty exciting, isn't it?) a new character in the life of meagan. someone i'm excited about crossing the ponds with. (sorry mom, ending in prepositions never correct, i know, but love knows no grammar).

you can't see it in this picture, but we're both wearing our wisconsin (UW) red (freezing our respective bits off) at the football game. he got me a 'sconnie' sweatshirt and i wore it with the kind of naive pride only a newbie can have. he attempted to fill me in on the rules of the game between plays, and i have a slightly better idea of how it's played, though will still look forward to peaceful sunday afternoons on my own during the season. (who knew i could live with seasons?)



but happy to learn the rules of the game.

only 2 more weeks in boston. i leave for london exactly 2 weeks from today and i couldn't be more excited. for one - i'll see the gang again - long overdue. and for two - i'll be OUT of boston for good. i'm packing up, moving house, jumping ship and setting sail from beantown. most of my stuff i've moved to wisconsin, and the rest i'll carry with me in two suitcases (i'm used to this, i pack lightly). i've sold the furniture and given away what wasn't important. downsized for - quite possibly - the last time! i must admit, i'm looking forward to the final crossing of ponds. i'm ready to start collecting, and stop letting go!

so hooray for football, and wisconsin, and cheeseheads, and boston, and lessons learned, and old friends, and new love, and fond memories, and 200th posts!

keep on reading!