T-38 Days

T-38 days until the onset of our move. I can't wait, we're 5 and a half weeks away. We've gotten through another two weeks of waiting. In the meantime I'm planning and plotting on what we'll need for the place since we're planning on getting rid of just about everything. The only furniture we'll have left is the futon frame and Tadd's artdesk. Been spending a lot of time on Portland's Craigslist looking at furniture for sale, even though it's way too early, but I'm on night three of being home sick, and that leaves me with a lot of free time and boredom on my hands. I've also been scouring through Bed, Bath, and Beyond's online catalog and price-checking against other companies since we're getting rid of most of our dinnerware, cookware, and bakeware. We're going to have to buy a lot of stuff, yard sales here we come. I'm hoping I can get a 9-5 job so I can have my weekends free (for the first time in my life!) and have time to cook, but we'll see, keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm planning on having my camera out and ready for the road trip, although I doubt we'll have much time to stop and take pictures. We'll be passing through New Jersey (obviously), Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and finally Washington. 12 states total. When we first came out East, we went through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illionois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. So between those two cross country trips, I'll have been to 16 different states, and including places I've lived and vacationed in the total comes to 22 states. Not bad at the age of 24, even though most of those states I've only driven through. Hopefully once we get our careers on their ways, we'll be able to travel a bit more and actually take the time to explore the places we pass through. As for Squatch, since this blog is titled The Chronicles of Squatch, he will have traveled through 17 lovely states at the tender age of 5. He's just our travelin' mutt that kills with love.