To start, the past few days I was in Connecticut helping my boyfriend, Nick, move into his home away from home for the next 6 months. Why so far away from Rochester in the middle of the year? Good question. Nick secured a co-op with Hamilton Sundstrand in Windsor Locks, CT. So with the end of RIT's second quarter, it was bye bye Rochester and hello Windsor Locks.
Here is how my four day adventure panned out:
Friday afternoon, Nick's parents arrived from Jersey to help get all of his things packed up. The plan was to pack all of Nick's things into the Pillon's pick-up truck, and Nick's jeep... and it all just fit. whew.
Saturday morning Nick and I, and both sets of parents, met up at Marige's for a delicious breakfast (my mom and I split banana pancakes and an omelet). After everyone said their goodbyes, we were on the road. Rochester to CT in 5.5 hours... here we go!
Upon arrival, I took to unpacking Nick's things and setting up his bedroom; I sure do love to organize! After he was all settled in the 4 of us went out to do some shopping and grab dinner. Leave it to Mrs. Pillon to find the perfect little restaurant, she has a sort of restaurant "spidey sense". We ended up eating at a hibachi place where the food was out of this world.
Sunday morning came, and the Pillon's headed back to Jersey after saying their goodbyes to Nick; naturally, Nick being the youngest of three boys, his mother was a little teary-eyed. So Nick and I had the rest of the day to hang out. What did we do with our day, you ask? Well, I have a really close friend, Kate, who lives in Rocky Hill, CT (and who happens to be Miss Rocky Hill 2010... yay Kate!) so we met up with her. I have been itching to introduce Kate and Nick for quite some time and was thrilled we were all able to sit down and chat! Kate and I have known each other for years and years. In fact it was Kate who first got me into competing in pageants at age 16 (oh the days of the Les Belles Pageant and Miss teen-ager titles).
Monday: Nick's first day of work! Nick left for work fairly early and because it is technically my spring break, I slept in! But I didn't sleep in too late because I had a few Women in Business items to take care of; like our proposal for Imgine RIT's third annual Festival!!!
That night I made a YUMMY Beef Stroganoff dinner for the two of us. After his first bite, Nick told me he absolutely LOVED it... which made me smile. You see usually I come up with ideas for dinner, then Nick does the cooking. So, I was pleased to know I had done a good job!
After dinner, we watched one of my all time favorite movies, Finding Nemo, then it was straight to bed for an early morning!Yep, early. At 5:30am we headed out the door and to the Hartford Train Station. While it was quite early, I surprisingly has little trouble waking up. Do you find if it is early enough, you can wake up without difficulty?
I boarded the train, found a seat and looked up to see Nick standing outside my window. As the train pulled away I couldn't help but think how awfully cinematic this situation was... and as I waved goodbye, he smiled at me with teary eyes... then he was gone.
I'll close by saying I actually truly enjoyed riding the train. The leg of the ride from NYC through Upstate NY was B-E-A-Uuutiful. The 10 hour trip flew by, but I will admit it is partly because I brought alone my Harry Potter collection to watch on my lap top! If any of you love Harry Potter as much as I do, then you will appreciate how during the train scene in the movie I wished that a little old women would come rolling up to my seat and ask, "anything from the trolley dears?"
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