The rest of vacation and beyond

Mid-Winter break has come and gone, and I'm now back into the flow of school. Our State Math tests are coming up this week, so my school-themed dreams (nightmares?) are back in gear full time.

So, of course, rather than continue preparing for this week at school, I'm taking time out to reminisce. Here is a low-down of my last few days of vacation, which I never posted about.

I stayed in Massachusetts with my dear roommate Becca through Wednesday, when I headed back to the city to "get some work done." That morning, though, we went for a hike through the woods around the lodge. It was extremely beautiful, albeit a little chilly. But it was a very nice end to a short vacation of doing absolutely nothing.

A little water fall at the top of a creek.

My attempt at a snow angel. Something seems to have gone terribly wrong (especially with my hands!)

Along our walk, I spotted a fallen tree branch over a section of the extremely cold, partially frozen creek. So, of course, I say to Becca, "Hey, you should go sit in the middle of that tree." She surprised me by actually saying yes.

Lovely!

After returning to the city Wednesday and trying to do some work on Thursday, I was ready to leave again. So come Friday morning, I went on a last-minute trip to Montauk with my friend, Dakota. Montauk is a town at the very tip of Long Island. Why did we choose to go there? No idea. But it was a very nice trip for the day.

It all began at about 7 a.m. when we arrived at Penn Station to catch the Long Island Rail Road. About three and a half hours later we arrived in Montauk, welcomed by freezing temperatures, blustering winds, and a very interesting cab driver named Peter.

Montauk was very beautiful.

But VERY windy!

Here we are at the fourth oldest light house in the U.S. (the oldest one in New York state). It was commissioned by George Washington.

Here's me with Peter the crazy cab driver!

The lighthouse from a very unglamorous, yet (I think) still beautiful view.

So that was basically the end of my vacation, if you include lounging around the city and then (finally) getting some work done. There are now 28 more school days until the next break, when I'm going to Alabama to visit Robby for a bit. Until then, it's just school, school and more school. Fun!