Late night service to resume on the #MBTA in the spring

In the spring of 2014 the MBTA will be running the T and some popular bus routes until 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings. I know I will be taking full advantage of this. I can't tell you how many times I've been out with friends and had to leave at midnight to make sure I can catch the last train. I would gladly pay an increased fare after a certain hour if that's what it takes to keep the late night service after the pilot year.

I propose an outing in the spring where we all raise our glasses and drink until 2 a.m. and then take the T home.

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Newbury Street lights

Newbury Street is all dressed up for the holidays. It looks really pretty when you're in the middle of the street because you can see the lights all the way down. You'll just have to imagine that though as I will not be the ass who blocks traffic in the middle of the street for a picture. This was taken safely from the sidewalk.

I successfully avoided buying new clothing on Cyber Monday. I did buy my brother (and myself...) this Legolas action figure though. How could I resist? He's adorable.

Put a bird on it. Christmas Tree edition.

Derek and I booked a trip to St. Thomas for May. I am beyond excited. I'm already looking at bathing suits online. Now if I can somehow manage to lose 10lbs by May I will be very happy.

This is not helping though.

White chocolate and mint is amazing. I haven't even eaten half of it yet. I have great self control when it come to sweets. I have zero self control around potato products. I've decided to try to cut out french fries and potato chips for the month of December. I did this once before and it was very hard but I think it's time I do it again. I've been eating way too many french fries lately.

Instant cat bed. He looks so cute!

At first we had too few lights then we had too many. It took me half of Star Wars Episode IV to get the lights up.

Say a prayer that the cats don't break these. So far there has been no attempt to climb the tree.

The tree has a ton of birds on it. Some came from my mom and some I bought at Target. I didn't intend to have so many birds on the tree but I like them. This one looks like he's about to shake a tail feather.

Oh man I just got this song stuck in my head now. Still can't help bouncing around when I hear it.

Hometown hangs

Yesterday we headed to my hometown of Waltham to hang out with my cousin and meetup with people from highschool. We had a grand total of one person show up (Alexendra) but I love Alex so I was happy to see her. Germana and I have decided that we're probably not going to plan the meetup again since there wasn't that much interest. We still had fun though.

Our waitress was horrible. She took forever to come over to our table, forgot food and drinks we had ordered and spent half her time near the end of the bar eating and talking. We were placing bets on how long it would take for her to bring the check. My cousin's husband Kevin won the bet. We didn't leave her a good tip.

We left Shoppers and headed over to the Gaff where Germana turned into a ghost.

Derek and I watched Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunter when we got home. Don't ask....

I'm very much sick of drinking right now so I'm having a lazy Saturday watching Girls with the cats. Why are all the guys on this show asshats?

Turkey, catnip and candles that make me seeze

Derek and I went to my mom and Tony's house for Thanksgiving today. I avoided the Mass Pike and took back roads and by some miracle we did not run into any traffic. I'm still stuffed from all the food. My mom had little trivia cards printed out and we competed for the prize which was gum, a candy bar and chap stick. Tony and I tied and although he won the tie breaker he gave me the prize. Winner winner chicken dinner! I'm rich in gum and candy.

My mom had a few Christmas decorations up. Mini trees are so cute.

Thanksgiving Day selfie. Best to do it in semi darkness from the waist up so you can't see how bloated I am from stuffing my face.

I bought a fake tree at Target yesterday. I can't wait to put it up and decorate it. I've never put up a tree in my own apartment before. I'm overly excited about it. I seem to have a lot of bird ornaments. I'm not sure how this happened. The plan is to put it up tomorrow.

You should have seen Derek and I at Target trying to figure out how many boxes of lights we should buy. We had no clue so we just got one box for now and figured we can get more if it's not enough. Is there some kind of trick to figuring that out?

I'm home now trying to digest my food. I gave the cats some turkey and then put some catnip out and they are happy kitty campers. I also lit a mistletoe candle which means I'll be sneezing because I'm allergic to pine. I just love the smell, I can't help it.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Someone get me the snake oil salesman!

GERD is still acting up. I was feeling really good yesterday and now I'm feeling very much not good. I hate that I have to wait until the end of December to go back to the doctor. I'm supposed to be on this higher dosage of meds for a month before they try something else. I'm pretty sure I just need to switch meds again. I really don't want to have another endoscopy done. I think I might try to take melatonin at night. Supposedly it can help with GERD symptoms. I have some already in the house so why not give it a shot? I'm desperate here! I would drink snake oil purchased from a shady man who just rolled into town promising miracle cures at this point.

I'll take 20! It is endorsed by real Indians after all.

I'm currently watching South Park and reading about the history of blogging on wikipedia. For some reason I'm fascinated with the early years of blogging. People don't really spill their guts like they used to. I guess the gut spilling has moved to facebook.

Can we talk about Family Guy for a second? (I swear I'm not a 12 year old boy after mentioning South Park and Family Guy in one blog post. Also, stop reading now if you don't know who died on Family Guy).

I haven't watched Family Guy in years but when I heard they killed off Brian I was a bit sad. He was one of the best characters on the show and then I had to go and watch his death. OH MY GOD DO NOT DO THAT BECAUSE YOU WILL CRY! "You've given me a wonderful life. I love you all." I can't handle animals dying, even cartoon ones.

That's all I got for today guys. Time to drink my snake oil and go to bed.

Friends Thanksgiving and Catching Fire

Saturday night we went to Jesse and Kristina's for Friends Thanksgiving. As per usual their apartment looked like it was straight out of a Martha Stewart magazine. I wanted to take pictures of everything.

I love the two giant mirrors they have in their living room. I need some giant mirrors in my life.

Daryl came to the party already drunk. It was pretty hilarious. He told me his jeans were Armani so I kept calling him Armani Exchange and then he would say "they are not Armani Exchange they are ARMANI!"

I ate so much food! Is anyone shocked by that statement? Yea, me neither. We then danced around a bit before heading back home on the T.

Melissa you were missed and everyone was asking how you were.

I saw Catching Fire today. It was awesome. Germana and I got there later than we expected so we skipped the popcorn and soda. Halfway through the movie we were hungry and thirsty. We went the interactive viewing experience. When they kept talking about having to find fresh water my mouth was like OMG yes me too! I'm so thirsty! Finnick and Johanna were cast perfectly. I loved every minute of it.

I'm now going to continue watching Taken 2 because that seems like a good Sunday night movie choice.