Magnolia Bakery's Vanilla Cupcakes

When I was looking for a job for the summer of 2011, I was hoping for something that didn't involve waiting tables or making beds. I put all my hobbies into the application, including baking, but I never even dreamed about actually getting a job as a baker. And then I did! 

The farm stand where I worked hired me because I actually like baking. The year before, they hired a girl that hated baking and you can probably imagine what work was like for her. But me, I loved it. I was so excited to work with a huge oven, baking enormous batches of cookies... And even though my job was not what I had expected, I still loved it. No matter how hot the bakery was in August, I always preferred being in there, to being out in the sun.

Sweet Cupcakes, Boston

Seven days of New York City later I packed my bags (including the newly bought huge gray suitcase) and somehow made it to Boston. And when I say somehow, I mean it. All my luggage put together was heavier than me, the hostel had no elevator and neither did the subway stations. Fortunately I only had to get on the A or C train and stay on it for 9 stations. My bus stop was right outside the station and there were some very helpful people who helped me carry my suitcases. I love New York!

On my way to Boston I spent almost the entire time on the internet. How awesome is it that you can be on a bus and have free wi-fi? I had never seen that before. It seems like only yesterday I got internet access and cell phones were as big as the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy and now I'm using Skype to call my family from an actual moving bus? Amazing. My parents could hardly believe it, but then I showed them the cars passing our bus.