As I’ve battled the different stages of my sickness, I’ve also had a fantastic time each day. Saturday I finally got to skate! YES!!! My friend Aaron said he was going to skate Skatersedge in Taunton, MA. I usually only skate there on Tuesdays since they let girls skate for free on Tuesday, and after the hour drive to the park, the last thing I want to do is pay $15 for a 3-hour session and another couple bucks to rent a helmet, which I sometimes get charged for. Luckily, my friend Aaron was awesome enough to hook up my session and they hooked up a helmet for me. Score. The session was amazing, and somehow, on a Saturday night when everything was covered in snow, the indoor park was actually not too packed. I didn’t throw down too much, but was happy with my usual shuvit and kickflip over the hip, and I was psyched that I came the closest I ever have to landing a varial flip over the hip. I was also happy with some consistent hip transfers and that the mini ramp is mellow enough that I could land some front disasters.

Sunday was ALL about football. The whole gang showed up just in time for the Patriots game at 1pm.

The game turned out to be a blowout and the Patriots won with ease. After the game, I rode down to the beach with the girls (Liz, Ali, and Steph) to check out the sunset over the ocean. The waves were HUGE and there was barely any beach left. With a slow shutter speed, the waves are hard to see, but I kind of like how the picture turned out.

Afterwards, I headed up to East Greenwich to meet up with Sara and Kendal, and later Abbey, a friend of Sara’s from high school. Nothing too crazy, but it was good to see Sara. I haven’t seen her since I stayed with her and her boyfriend Mike in San Diego in August, so it was about time to meet up for a drink.

The next day, I drove up to Boston to spend the day with my friend Kat. Kat and I went to high school together in Andover, MA and college together at Mcgill University in Montreal. Over the last 5 years or so, since Kat graduated and left Montreal, I’ve only seen her two other times, once in England and one other time in Boston. Right now she’s living in Mission Hill, and the first thing we did was to check out the local skate shop Orchard. The shop was definitely legit and I picked up the sweetest hoody ever. We ended up hanging out until around 10pm, when my I started seriously feeling like shit. The pain in my throat was unbelievably painful and my lymphnotes were so swollen and tender, it hurt to turn my neck. Just around that point, we took a photo and then I headed home.

For the drive home, I took some sucrets complete, which are oral anasthetic/menthol drops. My throat did go numb (sort of) and also my tongue and over parts of my mouth. Even though it was a relief that I couldn’t feel my throat as much, I started feeling sick to my stomach from the anasthetics, which made the drive home worse than I expected.

That night was the sickest I felt throughout this cold. I could barely sleep and finally decided that I wouldn’t pretend to not be sick. So today I drank about 6 cups of green tea with orange, along with a ton of honey. My friend Ama came by to visit and join me for tea. Eventually she agreed to come with Chip and I to the Verizon store and then Andersons, a ski store where I have a gift certificate. At Andersons, I checked out the coats, as well as this sweet sign: