"Get out of California....I think I'm going to Boston. I need a new town."

9:20 AM at 9:20 AM

I came back from Boston and I cannot stop thinking about the place. Everything here suddenly feels dull. In the past when I ever go on vacation I come home to Davis and I feel reassured that my life is where it needs to be and I am living where I am most content. This time it was different.
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For the first time in my life I think I found where I need to move. It was be harder than hell to move from California. And even to the furthest state possible from California and my family. But I think it is an adventure that needs to happen.

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I need to move at least once more in my life. More so than Boston I fell in love with Cambridge. It's old brick buildings, the smart people everywhere, old Londonish pubs that don't card anyone, bookstores that are multiple stories tall and you could loose a day in. And Harvard. My god. Harvard took my breath away. I wish I was smart enough to go to the best University in the world. I told Lisa I will work there one day. Even if it is a janitor. I am going to move to Cambridge and work in Harvard. This is my dream. I better get damn good grades in grad school and make the right connections.
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Boston was a beautiful city. It was the cleanest city I have ever been too. And the most friendly. I found all these local joints to go to on yelp. The places down the beaten path away from tourists. Everyone was like family there. Everyone hugs, laughs, and drinks. It is the place that I have always been looking for. I didn't even miss my family, because I felt like I found it there.
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Lisa and I did all the historical things. Took a train to Concord. Ate Dunkin Donuts every morning (They are on every corner like we have starbucks). Ate pretty much the whole trip. Went to a street party in the North End. Heard most languages besides english. Went whale watching. The naturalist said it was the best whale watching trip he took in the past year. He goes two times a day everyday. The whales were dancing with each other, breaching over and over again, and were about 10 feet away from the boat. It seriously takes your breath away. I made friends with a bum who tried to over me to pop pills. We went to museums that had some original artifacts no where in the world has. We went hiking. Climbed to the top of bunker hill. Saw the Boston Tea party ship. Saw the madness of the hard core Red Sox fans. Went to the gravestones of some of the greatest American writers of our time. Went to an awesome aquarium. It was overcast and cloudy. Not that humid.
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Then we came back to 104 degree dry weather. And an 8-5 job. And no dunkin donuts or old brick buildings.
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I miss the east coast more than I can say and more than I EVER imagined thinking. I never in my life thought I would want to move from California. I thought maybe I could do Seattle. But this East Coast thing is starting to top the list.