City Mouse-Country Mouse

This post brought to you by the fabulous Cescapades

I went to high school in a town called Groton, Massachusetts. No, you haven’t heard of it. But I’ll give you a few Groton fun facts that might give you an idea of what this means… 

1) Groton has more cows than people.

2) Groton has one stoplight. It’s pretty new. 

3) Breaking News in Groton…

So I guess you could say that Groton is rural. Quaint. A “small town.”

I went for a change in college.  I now attend Boston University, one of the most urban campuses around. Things here are a little bit different-- I’m pretty sure that there is more grass in my yard in Groton than there is on the BU campus.  In Groton, people stop traffic for a turtle crossing. In Boston, you’re lucky if they stop for a red light. I can think of maybe five restaurants in Groton, and two of them are Dunkin Donuts. Here, I search “find restaurants nearby” in google maps and get some 18,000 results.

Recently, I’ve been trying to decide which is more for me. Is it the fast, urban, walkable Boston? Or the sleepy green countryside where I spent high school? Is fine dining better? Or wildlife and swimmable rivers? I’ve selfishly decided: both! I am both a city mouse and a country mouse, and I need a little bit of each to be merry. Which do you prefer?

A very merry start to your week...

Meet Ms. Cescapades!

Even though the skies are grey and rainy, it's a very sunny day here on the blog because I have ANOTHER wonderful friend to introduce to you all! In my continuing effort to keep the content here fresh (and to get the occasional reprieve from dreaming up original posts!) I'm bringing a 2nd guest blogger into the Seek to be Merry family. So... welcome to the lovely Cesca, also know as Cescapades, an aspiring writer, college student and all around awesome girly who will be stopping by once a month to share adventures, stories and merriment with all of you. Today we’ll have a “meet n greet” and tomorrow you’ll get to go on your first Cescapade! Enjoy!!

A few weeks ago, our favorite merry blogger asked me to join the team. This left me to ponder… what do I do in the pursuit of merriness? I am a Bostonian, a college student, a runner. I love children’s books, writing, and oriental ramen noodles. I’m known to quote Nikki Menaj inaccurately, talk about my goats, and brush my teeth six times a day. I come from a noisy family of six. I’m happy. On the Seek to be Merry team I hope to share a little piece of my merriment with all you beautiful people—everyone who loves Meri enough to read the ramblings of her father’s sister’s son’s girlfriend that is. Stay happy everyone :)