good times in the sun
April 2nd, 2006 by Lawrence David
christina and i finally got out of the house today. (i managed to go approximately 36 hours without leaving the apartment; christina 24 hours, up until this morning.)
we certainly made up for our saturday lethargy though. chris had the great idea of enjoying the pre-summer weather and taking a bike ride through boston. those plans had to be slightly amended when we got to the charles and realized how crowded and poorly paved the esplanade was.
but no worries – we headed back up mass ave, up past porter and davis squares and onto the minuteman trail. about 10 miles later, we found ourselves in lexington, where it just so happened an american revolutionary battle was being re-enacted. i was thrilled – i’d obsessed over the american revolution in grade school (boys love books about war) and this was the first re-enactment i had the pleasure of watching.
truth-be-told, it was all rather anticlimactic. the battle of lexington was being staged; it turns out the “battle” lasted all of about 30 seconds, 25 of which consisted of the americans getting shot in the back as they ran from the british ministerial troops. nonetheless, it was still highly entertaining to watch 200 middle-aged men get together in home-made uniforms and play fight.
i was also amused by the 5-year old next to me rooting for the militia-men to win. i think he was a bit confused: in the age of freedom fries and the war on terror, why is it patriotic to re-enact an american defeat?
we made it home by 3 (2 if you don’t count that hour the farmers stole from us), having ridden a respectable 25 miles. for good outdoorsy measure, we went out and played frisbee and soccer with jesse and hillary in the park across the street for about an hour.
i don’t think i’ve done more than 3 hours of real science all weekend. i’m an efficiency disaster.
this weekend wasn’t a total accomplishment black hole, however; i think christina and i may have just bought our first home. (more on that tomorrow.)
