I have finally arrived and begun my internship in Boston.
I began my journey on Friday driving from Columbus, OH to Hartford, CT and finally Boston, MA. I traveled 663 miles in 10 hours and 33 minutes. Pennsylvania never seemed to end and the construction was terrible. According to my Aunt I am a "Road Warrior". I stayed the night at my cousins before traveling on to my apartment in Boston so that I catch up with my cousins who I have seen since I played with dolls and not look at grody when meeting my boss.
Boston Drivers are Crazy
The last leg of the trip from Connecticut to Boston flew by in no time, but dear god New England drivers are crazy. It took me 40 minutes to get through the toll road When trying to get off of the I-90 toll road a car crossed 3 lanes of traffic only to return to its original lane to pay his toll. The only good thing that came of the traffic was I made friends some of the fellow commuters while singing along to the radio.
I made it to my apartment in one piece and was fully unpacked before I went to pick up Kyle from the Airport. Yet again I NEVER want to drive with Bostonians again. With the help of my Garmin I finally got to Logan airport after circling it at least 3 times. Garmin also got lost in the tunnels of Boston and was of no use to us trying to get back to Watertown.
Respect the Scope
Today was my first day at my internship. Biomedical Research Institute is only a mile away from the apartment in Watertown. Kyle and I met with Dr. Cohen and Dr. Glass and learned the basics of the EnGender assay and got to view my first slide under the microscope. The microscope has a UV light that is used to visualize the cells that are ready to be frozen. Because the microscope emits UV light that could be detrimental to health, Dr. Glass stated that we need to "respect the scope".
It's a Bird, It's a Plane...No its a Red-tailed Hawk
After we finished the tour, Kyle and I decided to "discover" Boston, but really we wandered around Watertown looking for life and the T. Boston's metro system is called the T; no matter if it is the bus, commuter train, or subway. We used my Garmin to find the closest station to the apartment, however Garmin... was wrong. We walked for 5 hours to get to Alewife station. On the way, we found a group of people gawking up at the side of building. There were nesting birds up there and the people observing them were very excited about them and hoping to "see their first flight". I though hey maybe its an eagle or an osprey or some other threatened bird....nope...it was red-tailed hawk. Kyle and I quickly walked past before we started to laugh. Red-tailed hawks are every where back home and these people were treating it like the 8th world wonder. After a long walk to Alewife station and taking the Red Line, we arrived at Harvard Station and were surrounded my life. It was like ending up in Wonderland (which you can actually do if you take the Blue line)
