Boston is an interesting city, though it seems that they may follow the philosophy of “doing what you majored in” a bit more closely than most in the United States. I continue to find that I may be qualified for lab research, but for business? Not so much. (There’s also not a shortage of individuals with business degrees here, so that likely doesn’t help much.)

And I’ve realized that’s fine because I’d rather do science right now anyway.

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I signed a lease this afternoon to what will hopefully start a wonderful tenure in Boston. Actually, I’m living just north of Cambridgeport, right across the Charles from Boston. I’m in the first floor of a charming little house, corner room, laundry in the basement and street parking. The only negative about the entire place is that, yes, there is not any air conditioning. But I’ve spent enough summers in Germany to know that a lack of A/C is simple enough to get used to, it just takes a little time. And anyway, it can be difficult to find an apartment A/C in the Boston area for the rent I was looking to pay.

Signing over money and paying the security deposit did cause a rather strong twist on my emotions, and not just because of the money (though that hurts, too). For the past week or so I’ve basically felt as though I was on vacation, living with various friends around New England for a few days at a time. Paying rent, though, makes it obvious that I’m not just visiting anymore. I think a part of me was somewhat skeptical about whether or not I would stay here, but this pretty well solidifies it.

And where will I be working? Well, I have one good prospect that I’ll be exploring more next week, hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday. Should that not pan out, though, I’ve managed to save up enough to where I have some time to find something in the future. I’m definitely still hopeful to have something by Friday.

Why am I doing this? Well, there are a lot of reasons. I really can’t identify all of them because a part of me just wanted to get out an go somewhere, but I can give a short reason: Stories like this, where I can’t help but ask myself, “What have I been doing for the last five years?” So now I have my opportunity. I intend to get a job that covers all my bills (and maybe a few odds-and-ends, like bourbon, which is occasionally necessary so that I may reflect on the Commonwealth of Kentucky) and then spend time outside of that exploring seemingly far-fetched ideas.

Hopefully by the end of this month I’ll be going strong with a job, extracurriculars, and enjoying the city before it gets too cold. This past week has been way hotter than I’d like; humidity here is pretty similar to Kentucky, so that’s brutal. Whew!

I’ll post pictures of the new digs a little later when I can snap some photos during the day. I miss having a DVR (and cable…), but other than that, I’m not doing so bad! I can watch just about everything online, anyway. First World problems.