This is why I'm always going by my dad's house. Love spending time with him and hes always smiles and full of jokes. (Minus packers games of late). When we're young we always see dads as authority and strength of the family and dont always think about how emotional you men can actually be. You all need reassurance just like we do, and sometimes it can be easy for us to forget that.
Gonna go ahead and put this here.
While in Boston, did you make it to Fanuel Hall? Great seafood restaurants there.
We
HATED Boston. The traffic was absolutely horrendous. I was less stressed out driving combat zones while overseas. There is no order people cutting you off left and right, and when we tried, everybody honked at us. In a round about one guy literally drove over the middle circle and cut in right in front of us. We honked he flipped us off and threw a water bottle out his window at our vehicle. He missed but still. Speed limit is 35 and everybody doing 70-80. Tailgating like nobodies business.
Another time during a green light while we were waiting on an arrow, some jackass drove in the lane going straight and then cut in at the front to turn left... who does this shit? We are not used to that kind of chaos and utter selfishness on the road. Yes there are people who will cut in left and right swerving through traffic, but your the odd one out if you DONT do that in boston traffic.
Then the homeless people swarming your vehicle when waiting at a red light. Had one guy start screaming at us because shannon checked to make sure the doors are lock when he approached. Started waving his sign around saying he has nothing and wasnt going to kill us with a sign. Amand sitting in back put down her window just a crack and said "we locked our doors because we dont know if your a psycho, and right now you're definitely acting like one." Wr yelled at her for antagonizing him, and thankfully the light turned green and we drove off.
Then there is the dead stop traffic jams that add at least 10-15 minutes to any drive.
Oh, and because we ended up showing up a day early we got a room at a different hotel because it would have been an addition $1000 to add one night to the reservation we already had. The other three nights were $900 all together. And this hotel was a DUMP. The door didn't seem the shut all the way. No deadbolt, but a rusty chain. We pushed furniture in front of the door for added security, and you could hear everything the neighbors were doing. They had kids and loved blasting cartoons on the tv... we regret not dishing out that extra grand.
Next time we go, if we do it again, we're getting a hotel in Salem. Will be worth the extra money to stay out of Boston as much as possible.