The Last Stretch - 9 months done, 3 months to go

We've been in the US for 9 months now (9 out of our 12 months here in Boston) - I can't believe how fast time is flying by! I actually want it to slow down a bit, just so that we can enjoy our time here for a bit longer. It's been such an amazing adventure thus far and now we're heading into the last stretch - 3 months to go before we go back to South Africa. Our flight is booked and we are expected to land in Johannesburg on Sunday 16 June (Youth Day).

It is now Spring Break and Harvard is closed for a week. It is meant to officially be Spring on 20 March however there is still some snow forecast on Monday night. So Spring Day is forecast to have a max temperature of 5C and a min of -1C - this is more like a Johannesburg Winter at its worst! This does however mean that we have survived the evil Boston Winter and we can look forward to warmer days :) We've noticed that it is definately a bit warmer, the sun is setting later and all the runners and cyclists are back out on the roads. The Winter was extremely cold and it snowed a few times but luckily it wasn't too bad - yes we lived through Hurricane Sandy, Blizzard Nemo and temperatures of -22C (with wind chill) but it could have been worse. What made it easier too was the fact that we had excellent internal heating in our apartment and we didn't have to shovel any snow or have to walk/drive in blizzard conditions. Gosh I just realised that I haven't driven a car in 9 months! I hope that I remember how to drive when I get back :)

We look forward to our last 3 months here in Boston and will try enjoy every minute.

A big day to look forward to is Graduation Day (or Commencement Day as the Americans would call it!) on 30 May when Athol graduates from Harvard.