Whew

I'm sorry we didn't go post crazy while we were in the north.  It had been my intention to document the trip with great detail and oodles of pictures - this plan, pretty much, immediately failed.  There are some pictures and even a couple of videos.  As for narrative, the plot of our trip was eventful in all the wrong ways.  I know what you're thinking: "But, Jenne, those are the best stories - hilarious, heart-warming, something-you'll-look-back-on-and-think-is-just-too-funny!"  Yeah, but, no.  Let's work chronologically.   

After we left Boston we had an uneventful trip through New Hampshire and a familiar trip up I-89 to our home-sweet-surrogate-home of Montpelier.  If you're driving that route yourself, I recommend stopping at the Sharon rest area - not only is it home to the Vietnam Memorial, but it's a green rest area.  It uses a "living machine" to recycle waste water, among other things.  (One of the other reasons it's awesome, especially in winter, is it's big, bitchin' greenhouse for the living machine.)

New Year's ended up being less a new beginning and more a rerun of classic instances: bad weather, good friends, video games,  car breaking down.  

We did some sledding, we drove the various routes we always drive, we visited our favorite shops and resaurants, and we saw people we missed.  

Now that we're home we're overwhelmed, which is really what I wanted to convey to you.  We're offically moving into the other house at the end of the month and while we were gone the need for bigger repairs was discovered.  The Asheville job market has not improved since we left (as I dearly hoped it would have.)  I may or may not be returning to VT at the end of the week to help out while my grandfather is unexpectedly in the hosptial.

The overwhelmed isn't all stemming from stress, we've also managed to come up with a ton of new and exciting ideas.  They're so exciting and new that we don't even know where to begin, we just know they're going to be awesome.  

Pictures from the trip will show up soon, we'll lead you on about the exciting ideas for a while, and we'll strive to post more regularly. (Promises, promises.)