27/10/2019
What is that saying .....you can take the girl out of Boston but ..... 😂I took this pic a few years back when I was dry walling a tattoo shop in Brooklyn. I was doing the acting thing at the time and I needed to pay rent so I white lied my way into a drywall job saying I grew up in the trade watching my Dad , when in fact I had never done it in my life. The owners has been referred to me off of an apartment I had just renovated in Queens( another job I figured out as I went - thanks internet and desperately needing to make rent !) They took a a chance on a random girl in her 20’s who hardly looked like the right candidate for the job. I voraciously studied all the techniques of how to tape and mud drywall online every night for a week, watched every YouTube video I could find - and somehow pulled it off. I watched and smiled the biggest smile to myself inside as I watched all the construction men coming in and out say it was the best damn tape and mud job they had ever seen, who did it? When they pointed to me I chucked it off to a women’s finesse and attention to detail, oh and all those years helping my Dad! ( I was actually raised by my BadAss Mom!) 🤫But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t proud. I took this picture one day I was taking a break from the job. I looked down and saw my getup covered in joint compound and the classic north east beverage of choice in my hand and realized that another saying is true—“ wherever you go , there you are.” Grateful for the get it done, no bu****it, push forth spirit of my hometown, Boston , that has been instilled in me no matter where I have lived ,and I move a lot ! As attitudey, proud and sarcastic as we may be , we have grit. And having grit—the ability to keep going when it’s hard, I feel, more than anything else, allows you to succeed. My time back in Boston the past few months I was really able to embrace the qualities that make it the place that it is and in part , me who I am. It’s a place full of smart ass, no nonsense, funny, hardworking, proud, strong people with huge hearts who will have your back in a second if you need it and I’m very proud to say this is where I’m from.
