Martha's Vineyard

I had a lovely weekend. Well I had a lovely Saturday because I worked both Friday and Sunday. But on Saturday I woke up real early and I took multiple modes of transportation (car, commuter rail, trolley, subway, bus, ferry, car) and then I ended up in Martha's Vineyard with Alicia! Woo.We went to the beach and the waves were super big! (For New England waves anyway) And my bathing suit was not conducive to them. But I enjoyed it nonetheless and I thoroughly enjoyed pretending I was a surfer/part of the coast guard.

I found my camera and charger this past week as well! So I got to take lots of pretty pictures and here are some of my favorites:

BTW, the first one is a nude beach! We actually walked through one, though not this one, that one was below a ledge that we went on to see the light house. I didn't know it was another nude beach until Alicia zoomed in on her super awesome camera and could see haha. But I can cross off going to a nude beach from my list, though being nude on a nude beach isn't on my list. Not for me.

We also went to a Portuguese-American festival in the night time. It was a cute little party thing with music and dancing and alcohol and weird friend dough and games for the kids to play (Alicia's younger cousins and their friends were there). Alicia's family is pretty darn cool. I especially liked her aunt Kim who called me a brat because Alicia is a brat and we are the same person. But she still said I had some redeeming qualities.

Now another exciting week of work and internships. Hip, Hip. And hopefully some fun and adventure mixed in. I like that.

AVEC FORMAGE little monsters....?

Alice Shea

First Real Summer Post

I guess I haven't updated people on my summer as of yet. Summer has been okay. I definitely miss last summer, but what can you do? Things change.

I've been working at the movie theatre on nights, and on Monday and Tuesday I intern at The Rendon Group where I do fun stuff like helping make phone calls, put in information in excel sheets, make up scavenger hunts, try to get food donated. Not too bad, except they don't always have things for me to do, so I feel bad just sitting there. It's not like they are paying me, but they all seem so frazzled with all the work they have to do, but there's not a lot I can help out with. They are hosting a conference in August called Women2Women and it's really cool. There's over 100 girls coming from over 20

countries and 15 states. There get to stay at Lesley University and participate in different leadership activities (including above mentioned scavenger hunt), so I am excited to help out with that.

On Wednesdays I get the day off! They are wonderful. I clean my room and be lazy and sometimes have to work at night, but sometimes not! Super cool!

And on Thursdays I intern at Boston Brand Group

where I call production offices, read scripts, review movies, and fun stuff like that. The work is pretty cool, I just wish I could see some of the work I have put in actually make something happen. It won't be unt

il after my internship is over that the movies I worked with will come out and I can see if any of our products were placed in them (oh yeah, that's what BBG is, product placement company for the most part). And on Fridays I work for BBG from home. I don't like working from home, I don't have a proper desk or phone so I don't get much done.

So yeah. Summer has been interning and working

with a few splashes of fun with people like Sarah, P.A.C.K. and work people. The most fun I have is at work with all the sweet people there. Below is me being awesome and selling a water (a $4.25 water) to a customer. AKA that is another employee posing with me pretending we actually use carts with decorations. We don't. Well we have like twice.

One great adventure during the summer so far was AJ's graduation dinner with P.A.C.K. it was super fun and a great reunion for us! We danced the night away and were the center of it all! Mr. Cote took some videos of us and I cannot wait to see what kind of fools we look like in it. Apparently Marc's girlfriend said we looked like four pixies dancing around a mother tree. I can totally see it. If AJ counts as a mother tree....

Here is the fabulous four outside of the dinner

(which really became a dance party because of us)

I've also been somewhat thinking about looking into joining the Coast Guard Reserve. I have many things holding me back from making this decision the main one being that for all intents and purposes it is still a military branch and in wartime they are under Naval command. But all I want to do is clean up waters and stop drug trade. I would never be able to even touch a gun, let alone learn how to shoot it. I need more information, but it's in the back of my mind. And while I think about it, I'm training LOL. AKA I am working out and making sure I can fulfill all the physical requirements. Which I think I can do all of them already because they are pretty simple. Anyway, that's just a tid bit, nothing serious as of yet. I always think of weird things like this that I want to do with my life and then decide I don't. My mind wanders and I make new decisions. It happens.

Goodbye and good luck for every day is another chance,

Alice Shea

I am because you are

Remember that random night when a group of us went to Revere Beach by Kelly's and we ran around the sand in our bare feet? We all stood at the edge of the ocean, our feet sinking into the wet sand, as we stared out at the black water meeting the black sky? It was so silent except for the passing cars and the small waves. We all just stood there being silent, letting the time pass. I hope you do remember, because I do; I remember it as one of my favorite memories because it was so simple, so content, and so free. I remember thinking, "How did I get to be here with these friends who I didn't grow up with?" It's a strange thought because I've known you all for a few years now, but for the rest of my friends and my family, they were always there. They were seemingly placed in my life without my say so. They were always there and I have known no life without them.

While with you and our group of friends; we picked each other, and we found each other. We all became connected in different ways and those connections brought us all together. I know the dynamic of our group isn't always that beautiful, tight-nit, nor movie-like, but I always look back at that moment on the beach where we were all thinking about our future and reminiscing about our past individually. We were each individually in our own thoughts, but we were together. I remember being completely scared about the future and wishful for the present at the same time. While I was there I felt that all of you were thinking similar thoughts and I felt safer because I knew you were all there with me feeling and experiencing the same uncertainties and similar emotions.

I guess now, what I want is to share a bit of the strength you gave to me that night and give it back to you now. I hope it can help you as it helped me during these past few years.

I am not an articulate person, nor do I do well in talking about problems or discussing my emotions, but I hope in some way you can understand how much I love you and how much we all care about you. No matter where we all end up in this life, whether together or far apart, I will forever love you and be there with a smile and a hug.

You are so very special to me and to everyone who knows you. You have been a wonderful friend, always ready with a hearty laugh and a goodnight hug. I am because you are. Please never forget that. Forever and always,

Alice