HURRAY! Ok, so just let me know when you get close and I will come getcha! I’m so excited! This is going to be the best surprise for Ma & Pa Carter!

Yaay I’m so excited too!

Are you looking at Megabus? If you go look at Concord Coach instead, there is a bus that leaves from South Station at 3:15 and will get you into Portland at 5:10 instead. Could you make that one? That would be a little better.

Oh sweet, yeah I can do that! Just bought the tickets!

If you want to, let’s do it! I’ll have my phone on me all day and we can give our parents a nice surprise!

Wait, I’m sorry, but the commuter rail doesn’t run until 2:08. To take the earlier one, I would have to miss Chem Lab too, and I can’t do that. So I can’t take any buses except the one that gets to Portland at 6:10. I’m sorry it’s so complicated for me…if that doesn’t work for you then I don’t have to go with you.

I don’t really want to stay that late….4:10 would be better, but I don’t want you to miss Russian if you don’t have to. I guess 6:10 would be fine if I get out of work at 5…agh this is annoying because I don’t know when I’m getting out of work!

OK, I think I can do 4:10 if you’d like.

Well, I’ll get out of work at 5 at the latest. It may be earlier, but I knew you were on the way, I’d wait for you, so you could go to Russian & be fine. You’ll probably have to go back by yourself on Sunday though because I have an apt Monday

Yeah I bet I could get to Portland only a little after five…lemme see the schedule. Would me getting to Portland at 6:10 be too late for you? If so, then I could probably miss Russian and be in Portland at 4:10. Then I could just get a ticket from Vermont on Sunday back to Boston.

It’s going to be pretty expensive for both tickets but I’ve been feeling kind of down lately so maybe some days at home would help.