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I don't have much time to update, but wanted you all to know I'm up to date on my comments and my friends' page, now. And my email. We're a day behind schedule after catching some HORRIBLE traffic in Maryland, and are at a hotel in New Jersey with wi-fi for Grant's laptop. Which we will also have in Boston. It's nice; the two biggest kids are watching Happy Feet in a pull out bed where Isaac is also sleeping.
Day 1: VERY LATE START - we got out of town in the evening, got to Jax at like 2 am. But the kids slept the whole way, hotel was fine, it was cool. Good to be on our way, although I'd felt really frustrated earlier about how long last minute things were taking.
Day 2: Spent a little bit of nice time with my mom, and then were excited to cross the state line and really be on our way. Hotel was fine again, kids were slightly harder to get to bed - mostly because Aaron was freaking out SID style, and Jake had slept the day away in the car and didn't want to go to bed. He was willing to lay with us happily, but in a playful way. Aaron just needed a massage. I got extremely ill and sat on the floor by the bathroom for a long time, thinking I had food poisoning from road food :x But it ended up passing after awhile.
Day 3: Beautiful, breathtaking scenery; hills rolling everywhere, trees like we've never seen before (i.e., not of the palm variety). We stopped at a rest area where Aaron asked, "Why is it so beautiful?!"? and we spent awhile running around in the trees and sitting and collecting pine cones. As afternoon passed G and I were bemused to see signs like "Pentagon, 27 miles" as we just don't ever see things like that. Then we got to
mommydama's house - it was great on a lot of levels. Within a couple of hours of being there I really felt comfortable and clicked talking like the online prescence and real person had merged :) Her kids are adorable, and I think Aaron has a crush on Mari, now. It was SO NICE to eat good dinner and breakfast and not have to worry about eating some kind of nasty road food. She even gave me leftover cloth diapers of Luci's that fit Jake just as we were going to run out of the "Traveling stash" I'd packed him. I'm insanely excited that she's reading the Dark Tower and looking forward to seeing them all again on the way back :)
Day 4: After leaving Dama's, we started seeing all kinds of neat things. Driving through underground tunnels and over TALL bridges near houses on cliffs. Industrial parts of Philadelphia. We love traveling. It's been so easy, overall, with the kids - both of us are so pleasantly surprised. Isaac has had some meltdowns but that happens just as often at home. A and A are used to road trips and Jake really does very well. We were getting way behind schedule though and realized we couldn't show up at the apartment tonight to get the keys at, like, midnight. So we looked at the map and thought...well heck, we can't drive within 10 miles of New York City and not stop there. So that's what we'll do in the morning, since we only have about 200 miles to kill before we hit Boston. We're at least going to go look across to the Statue of Liberty, if not take the ferry over, and Grant seems really interested in Central Park. The highways around here are INSANE, I thought Miami was nuts. And it's cold! It was 42 when we checked in just before sunset, here in Newark.
That's the deal. I'm feeling very, very appreciative of Grant, who is pulling at least half with Isaac and Jake and doing all the driving, packing and loading/unloading right now. As well as taking pictures. He's amazing. We keep looking over at each other in the front seat and just grinning.
I've started, since day 1, having my first bunch of Braxton Hicks that are actually really uncomfortable, or that happen when I'm just sitting down. Before I left town they were coming anytime I walked a lot or nursed Jake, but never when sitting or laying without him and never to a "Hey, ow!" extent. Now, both. Nothing regular, just...5-10 a day or something. I'm mildly aware that April 2 is a full moon, but not really expecting anything. I feel like some sort of chemist with everything I'm taking in a day...chlorophyll with a hemaplex vitamin, and yellow dock once with alfalfa and once without. I guess it's not really "all" that much, but it feels like it because of remembering it all on the road, carrying it with me and spacing it out across the hours. But I feel good. I feel a little fat and gross from sitting so much, eating less well and my circulation bothers me the last hour or so in the van (even though we stop at least once for an hour or so in the middle), but other than that - and ravenous thirst and eating constantly - I'm good.
Once we arrive and settle into our apartment, I'll post some pictures.
Day 1: VERY LATE START - we got out of town in the evening, got to Jax at like 2 am. But the kids slept the whole way, hotel was fine, it was cool. Good to be on our way, although I'd felt really frustrated earlier about how long last minute things were taking.
Day 2: Spent a little bit of nice time with my mom, and then were excited to cross the state line and really be on our way. Hotel was fine again, kids were slightly harder to get to bed - mostly because Aaron was freaking out SID style, and Jake had slept the day away in the car and didn't want to go to bed. He was willing to lay with us happily, but in a playful way. Aaron just needed a massage. I got extremely ill and sat on the floor by the bathroom for a long time, thinking I had food poisoning from road food :x But it ended up passing after awhile.
Day 3: Beautiful, breathtaking scenery; hills rolling everywhere, trees like we've never seen before (i.e., not of the palm variety). We stopped at a rest area where Aaron asked, "Why is it so beautiful?!"? and we spent awhile running around in the trees and sitting and collecting pine cones. As afternoon passed G and I were bemused to see signs like "Pentagon, 27 miles" as we just don't ever see things like that. Then we got to
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Day 4: After leaving Dama's, we started seeing all kinds of neat things. Driving through underground tunnels and over TALL bridges near houses on cliffs. Industrial parts of Philadelphia. We love traveling. It's been so easy, overall, with the kids - both of us are so pleasantly surprised. Isaac has had some meltdowns but that happens just as often at home. A and A are used to road trips and Jake really does very well. We were getting way behind schedule though and realized we couldn't show up at the apartment tonight to get the keys at, like, midnight. So we looked at the map and thought...well heck, we can't drive within 10 miles of New York City and not stop there. So that's what we'll do in the morning, since we only have about 200 miles to kill before we hit Boston. We're at least going to go look across to the Statue of Liberty, if not take the ferry over, and Grant seems really interested in Central Park. The highways around here are INSANE, I thought Miami was nuts. And it's cold! It was 42 when we checked in just before sunset, here in Newark.
That's the deal. I'm feeling very, very appreciative of Grant, who is pulling at least half with Isaac and Jake and doing all the driving, packing and loading/unloading right now. As well as taking pictures. He's amazing. We keep looking over at each other in the front seat and just grinning.
I've started, since day 1, having my first bunch of Braxton Hicks that are actually really uncomfortable, or that happen when I'm just sitting down. Before I left town they were coming anytime I walked a lot or nursed Jake, but never when sitting or laying without him and never to a "Hey, ow!" extent. Now, both. Nothing regular, just...5-10 a day or something. I'm mildly aware that April 2 is a full moon, but not really expecting anything. I feel like some sort of chemist with everything I'm taking in a day...chlorophyll with a hemaplex vitamin, and yellow dock once with alfalfa and once without. I guess it's not really "all" that much, but it feels like it because of remembering it all on the road, carrying it with me and spacing it out across the hours. But I feel good. I feel a little fat and gross from sitting so much, eating less well and my circulation bothers me the last hour or so in the van (even though we stop at least once for an hour or so in the middle), but other than that - and ravenous thirst and eating constantly - I'm good.
Once we arrive and settle into our apartment, I'll post some pictures.