Guess what? I'M BACK!

Hopefully, I can keep up with the blog better than I did in DC. I'm looking to update once a week (if there's anything to say). Most days will just be me going to work and coming home to hang out with my new room mates (who are awesome). So stay tuned.

After three different hotels, a new bank account, grocery shopping, nineteen trips up and down the stairs, Mom is officially flying home to TN and I am here in Vermont. I am currently sitting in my bedroom under my electric blanket drinking Peach Nehi. I was trying to ration them out since they can't be found anywhere north of Middlesboro apparently, but they're going fast. Little kitty Molly is asleep on my electric blanket. She already loves me.

I live with a newly engaged couple, Sam and Bridget. This will be Bridget's first winter in Vermont as well, so maybe she will be freaked out like me. She's from Connecticut, though, so she's probably pretty used to cold winters. They are both very nice, and they're helping me out so much by letting me live in their extra bedroom pretty cheaply. They also have two cats, Molly and Gehrig, who are so stinking cute. It's making it a little bit easier to get over the fact that I left my baby Ailey at home :(. Gehrig is pretty shy; he never comes out of S and B's bedroom, but Molly is a wild child. Like any cat, she loves boxes, and she has been playing with a box in my room for hours.

I live in Derby, VT. There is another town, Newport, about five minutes down the road. I'll be working in Orleans, which is about 15 minutes down the interstate. It is so crazy; everyone uses the interstate to travel here. Back roads are dirt, so no one uses them.

Mom & I drove forever, I think. I managed to put in a whole hour of drive time. I think that's an accomplishment considering Mom pretty much drove the entire time to Colorado when we went.

I suck at grocery shopping, in case anyone was wondering. Being a grown up sucks in general. 1) I have to pay bills, 2) I have to cook, 3) I have to get up early and go to work, 4) I have to drive forever to meet supervisors and coordinators. However, working at Lake Region is going to be awesome. I can't wait to meet all the students I'll see on a daily basis. I know they're all going to love me because, duh, I'm from the SOUTH. My accent is a slap in the face. Who doesn't love a southern accent?!

I'm off to eat soup, y'all!

Til next time,
Sarah