This month marks the fifth year since Katie and I signed our first lease in Boston.  And what a five years it has been.  As Katie said, over her birthday breakfast of homemade waffles topped with chocolate and bananas (28 is gonna be GREAT!) – “It used to be that time flew when you were having fun… now it goes by so quickly no matter what!”  And yet, we’ve packed a lot of adventures into those years:

• Lived in 2 apartments
• Played on 7 sports teams (still gunning for the championship, though)
• Had only 2 jobs
• Tried – and succeeded, and failed at, and had lots of adventures on – 5 different dating websites
• Still owned ZERO cars (or cats, for that matter, since I typed that accidentally like 5 times)
• Run hundreds of miles along the Charles, Comm Ave, the bike path, and more
• Voted in 4+ elections
• Eaten at restaurants and hunted down top-notch mojitos in all quarters of the city
• Made dozens of awesome friends
• Hung out on movie sets, watched plays on the Common, cheered at the Head of the Charles Regatta, gorged myself at chocolate fundraisers, met political celebrities, trampolined until I had a headache, explored abandoned forts and collected seaglass on the Boston Harbor Islands, celebrated marathon runners, sledded at Fenway Park, and more

I don’t know if I’ll still be here in another 5 years – maybe I’ll give into the temptation to live in Europe, full-time.  Maybe I’ll buy a cute house to fix up in New Hampshire or Maine.  Maybe I’ll be prepping to take on the Presidency in DC.  Who knows!  But I do know that there are more adventures to be had in this city, and I plan on living it up, one delicious summer day at a time.  Thanks for everything, Boston – looking forward to round 2!