i have arrived!

so its pleasantly hot here, not too bad for the northeast. however, i have to run & meet a girl from city year soon because she called and i think that is awfully nice. my goal for today is to get used to being in a city. from the few hours i've been out i've noticed how much i am not very good at cities. i can navigate them, but people stopping to ask you for money (like the people that want you to save the children) and homeless people are not really things that you see much in the suburbs. i think i brought too much stuff even though i tried really hard to not do so. as evidenced by my solo struggle with my massive suitcase this morning on the T. i kept thinking, didn't you learn from when you went to spain and had to deal with the metro there??! so a more thorough update is to come, probably later when i get back here and call it a day since due to pre-trip anxiety that induced slight insomnia, i didn't sleep much.