Sunday:Departed at 1ish and drove the 7 hours to the state, playing some grand roadtrippin’ tunes and stopping at various places to use the facilities. When we arrived we were greeted by my step-mom (Pam’s grandma) and the wonderful yellow lab Ruthie. We entered to find mini pizza and consumed that glory. Then my step-mom gave us a tour of the house. Attempted and failed at using the Nordic Track ski machine. I also found that I did not have a toothbrush, which made me angry, while Pam laughed as I reminded her to bring one (she usually forgets) and forgot my own. Exhausted, we retired to my dad’s bow room-convertedintobedroom via air mattress, unpacked a bit, plugged in my iPod to the iHome and fell asleep.
Monday:Woke around 9 and made cinnamon toast. Made ourselves ready for the day. Saw that we had the house to ourselves as the parents were at work. We were on the computer for awhile and then decided to go for a walk. During this walk we discovered that the house had a graveyard on either side, which in turn frightened us as we literally stumbled directly into it. After that disturbance in the otherwise peaceful walk, we turned into the woods, leading us to meet 2 doe deer and a snake, cross a river, train tracks, creepy car dumping station and rusted pipelines. We arrived back at home and changed our clothes. Then made salads for lunch. Later in the evening we received a call from my dad saying that one of his work friends would be kind enough to take us to dinner and on his lobster boat. They came to pick us up and we departed for the sea. When we arrived Jeff (dad’s friend) had to bring in the large boat to another dock, being that he forgot the tide was out. We boarded onto the boat and took off. Halfway through our journey we saw seals (OHMIGAWD) sunning themselves on rocks. We went at some touristy beach house for dinner. I had salad. We then went back to the dock and boarded the lobster boat. Setting out to unload Jeff’s lobster traps in the “river area”. Luckily all of the lobsters were to small for them to sickly devour, so Pam and I had a grand time letting each one go, annnddd I was able to see a baby eel. He was cute.
Tuesday:Woke around 10:00 and made breakfast. Cereal is good. By the time we were ready it was time for the parents to come home for lunch, which Pam and I did not eat because we were still full from breakfast. When my dad was ready to leave to go back to work he dropped Pam and I off in downtown Freeport so we could hit the outlet stores. SMACK. We stopped in a bookstore first and I immediately noticed the presence of Ugly Dolls (!!!) After a half hour of us looking around and reading through some interesting books we unanimously decided we would like to spare some money and not blow all of it on reading material and adorable little toys. This decision was also made in the British Store after swooning over awesome teapots, tea sets and myself flipping over the large tea and coffee selections. Post going into those two stores, our dollars barely escaping, we went around noticing that most of the clothing stores were geared towards tourists and older folks. We made an abrupt turn to Starbucks, where everyone is truly happy. Also: in Maine all of the drivers actually stop at the crosswalks. A luxury we do not have in New York. After the lack of purchases Pam drug me into Abercrombie & Fitch (blech) where I decided it is a requirement to be an ass in order to get hired there. After leaving that fiasco, we went down a small side street to find Pac-Sun and various purse shops. I bought a black dress and skirt at Pac-Sun and we browsed at the purses and various bags, all were much too expensive to actually purchase. We took another side street to find The Body Shop, which had various vegan items and tattoo/piercing moisturizers, lotions, etc. (I was happy). We also found a small jewelry store where Pam bought herself a pretty glittery guitar necklace. Then, at a loss of what else to do, we went back to Starbucks. They gave us a discount for coming in twice. Awesome. We then called my dad to ask him to pick us up and waited in the L.L.Bean store. This place has a pond and a fish tank inside of it. This fish tank is extra awesome because it has a bubble-type contraption which you are able to stick your head into and simulate being in the tank. My dad crept up behind me and frightened me, which let us know he was there to pick us up. We went to the office part of L.L.Bean where he and my step-mom work. We met the friendly workers there and were put to work ourselves after a time. Just before we left the store we were able to see products that will be coming out next summer and fall. Some cool stuff I tell you. After dinner we drove to Brunswick (?) to an ice cream place called Cote’s. Dad and I were not satisfied, he ordered the wrong item and my sorbet was too icy. Ehh.
Wednesday:Woke near 10 again and got ourselves ready. Around noon we decided to explore the older graveyard on the right side of the house. Most of these headstones dated pre-1864. Very, very interesting. Pam and I did play various tricks at scaring one another throughout the exploration, she succeeded more than I did. After about 45 minutes we went back indoors to play with Ruthie and go on the computer a bit. At 4 my dad and step-mom came home from work and we loaded up in the jeep for the 2 hour drive to Boston to see The Dead Weather. We arrived near 6:35 and climbed out. Much to our horror the people in front of us were in the process of having a doobie, disgusting humans. Close to 7:15 we were let into the House of Blues. We were able to get about 6 yards from the stage on the right side. There we were also surrounded by rude, disgusting human beings. We also came to the realization of how tiny and short we actually are, being surrounded by so many tall people. Harlem (special guests) came out and played a short set. Unfortunately we were still not having a great time due to the fact we both had to pee horribly. We decided to make a dash for the restrooms. When we left one of the horrid people behind me said the snide comment “see I told you” as we left. She was lucky I had to pee so bad. We came back from the bathroom and slunk back to the stage on the other side, putting us about 3 yards from the stage. Unfortunately, we were behind two really tall boys and next to us was another man who started to smoke pot. When The Dead Weather took the stage they were immediately amazing. As an added bonus the pothead and his girlfriend were busted and taken outside of the show. In the middle of the show the two tall dudes let us in front of them, so we were even closer to the stage. It was fabulous. Pictures from the show: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54793&id=1625176515&l=f7e11dd3db After, I picked up a tour poster and Pam bought a t-shirt. We met the parents outside and headed to the parking garage to find, typical to my dad’s and my own luck, that some form of acid had dissolved the primer on the hood of his jeep. We left, pissed and made for a foggy drive home. Note: it is uncomfortable to sleep in the back of a new jeep.
Thursday:Tired, we woke at 10, ate, got dressed and then went back to bed. We got up officially around 1, but were too lazy to do anything eventful and ended up being bored. Boredom of Pam and I together creates much hooplah. When the adults came home we all decided to go to Portland for dinner. We drove there and it took us a good half hour to find a parking space. We went to Flatbread for, obviously, flat bread pizza. There was a half hour wait, so we ordered drinks and took them out onto the pier. There we watched various boats and water taxis come into port. We were called into our table and given menus. I saw that they had a vegan pizza on the menu with mushrooms and olives and my mind was immediately made up. Throughout dinner and various Spongebob references, everyone decided that it was indeed the best out of the pizzas ordered. We had our pizzas wrapped up, made quick bathroom stop and went to walk around Portland. My step-mom wanted to walk out onto a pier, and again with the bad luck, she decided to go down the sketchiest one. Making jokes about the high level of sketchiness my dad made a joke about Jack the Ripper. Just as he did a man ran out from one of the alleyways, scaring the shit out of me. Then we laughed. After the pier became to smelly for us we continued down the main drag. I spotted a tea shop and started to jump up and down, though we didn’t go in. We came to Warf street and walked down it. This was very interesting. There were outdoor restaurants and a band playing a heavy rock-jazz behind a gate. There were also discos upstairs in the buildings that had lights streaming out of the windows coloring the cobblestone streets. Very,very awesome. We came to the car and all of us realized simultaneously that we had forgotten our leftover pizza at the restaurant which was now closed. Unhappy and without pizza, we drove back to Freeport.
Friday: We woke and finished packing things to leave. Departed around 12 and actually got on the road around 1 after a quick stop at L.L.Bean and Starbucks. We drove straight and stopped in Lee for food. Originally we were going to eat at aFrench Restaurant, however there was a lack in vegetarian choices and the food was quite pricey. We left and took a dive in class by going to Friendly’s. We arrived back in New York at 8ish.
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