after 2,364.7 miles of driving across 9 states, we arrived in vermont! 

b & i had two days to drive around, explore, unpack, etc. we had nice time with my parents, feasting with neighbors, enjoying local foods & dreaming up our future. unfortunately the weather has been fairly miserable. a day of sloppy snow, followed by rain, followed by cloudy damp weather. we just keep saying that now brett's seen the worst. i won't lie, i am missing my bluebird skies & powdery snow. i sent him back to colorado on an airplane yesterday, which was sad, but luckily i did a bit of shopping in burlington with jen & kim to boost my spirits afterwards! today has been a productive day of really unpacking/hiding away things i don't need for now/exercising (finally! hooray!)/downtime. tomorrow, the new job starts. here goes...