We're here...

That's right, we've arrived in Florida. We arrived on August 1st at about 2 o'clock. We are staying at the Riverdale Inn for the next few days. We heard from our movers that our furniture is supposed to arrive on Monday.

The trip was SO uneventful it was great. There was only one incident. Chris realized on Tuesday night that he had forgotten to give his car keys to the team moving his car, so he had to drive back to Burlington on Tuesday night from Chelsea. That was the worse thing that happened, and that was minor in the grand scheme of things.

We drove through or around some major cities, including Baltimore, DC, Charleston, Richmond and New York City. We only hit stop and go traffic twice - both times in the middle of NOWHERE due to construction. Once in South Carolina and one in Virginia.

I was able to take pictures of all but one "Welcome to XXXXX" signs. I missed New York of all things. I wasn't paying attention as we entered Whitehall, but I got pictures of the "Entering Whitehall" sign, so that will have to do. I have loads of other pictures, but I can't load them until I get our computer up and running, so they should be ready next weekend.

Sophie and Simon were both troopers. Sophie spent a lot of the trip on my lap, she was much calmer there than in her carrier, so in the interest of keeping her calm that's what we went with. Sophie had no trouble getting comfortable at the hotel in Baltimore and Charleston, but here she's barely left the space under the bed. She'll come out eventually, but I think she's protesting - can't say I blame her.

Later days.

The countdown is on...

The countdown has reached the single digits. I have five days left in the office in Vermont, and next Monday the movers come to box up the contents of the apartment. We're trying to do some preliminary packing before they get here. I mostly just don't like the idea of strangers touching my stuff. I don't really have anything of any great monetary value, but I do have some things that have some sentimental value. I'd be crushed if those things got damaged in the move process.

So, besides packing what have I been up to?

I'm trying to finish up some knitting for the family - gloves for mom and flip-top mittens and matching hat for Hannah. We're having a family "good-bye" on Sunday, so need to have the pieces done by then. I've also started my "drive to Florida" project. I'm making the Estonian Garden Shawl out of some wool/bamboo/nylon yarn from A Piece of Vermont. Seemed appropriate to take "A Piece of Vermont" with me to Florida. That is going to be my "overly air conditioned office" shawl. It's so far a really easy knit. I'm working on the middle first, and it's just an 8 row repeat that is easy to memorize.

The Dark Knight - You have to check out this movie, it is awesome? I have to admit that seeing the Aaron Eckhard Two-Face was a little shocking. Firstly, it kicks the Tommy Lee Jones Two-Face in the butt, but second - YIKES. It is much truer to the comic than the Tommy Lee version, that's all I'll say. Overall the movie is really good. I was wondering if all of the positive buzz it has received was due to the quality of the movie or the performance of Heath Ledger's last movie. If I hadn't know it was Heath behind the makeup I wouldn't have known. Although, his first appearence in the movie - any one who has ever seen anything he's been in knew just by the way he stood. My two favorite parts were the flipping tractor trailer truck and the Batman vs. The Joker interregation. Gordon should go get coffee more often.

So, knitting, movies and packing. That's pretty much it. Exciting, isn't it?

Later days!