The idea behind this blog was to show everyone back home pictures of everything up here. I still don't have my own camera (maybe later this week...) so I will regale you with various updates:
-They came and cut down the tree! After about a week of not cutting down the tree, a truck pulled up out front just as I was getting ready to leave for work. It's sad but for the last week of the tree's life I found myself totally appreciative of it every time I came home or looked out the window. I also found myself more appreciative of the various other trees that I see every day. We have a really awesome apple tree in our back yard and silver maples outside the living room's windows. Ryan counted the rings on the stump before they came and took that and reported that the tree was at least 62 years old (isn't it ironic that you can't tell how old a tree is without cutting it down-- I mean, I'm sure you could do core samples or have a seasoned tree doctor tell you, but I'm talking about non-experts).
-Ryan is on the taskforce for awesome after-school education in Vermont (there's a real name which I'm sure he'll put in the comments section once he sees this). He now works at the Boys and Girl's Club! Woot!
-My birthday was awesome! Somehow I stretched it to include 5 days instead of one--highlights include a wonderful, but all too brief, visit to New Jersey where I stuck my feet in the ocean, drank the shampoo of ales in New Brunswick with a great many important individuals, ate ice cream cake with my family and watched Michelle yell at some dudes at the bar for staring at her. On my actual birthday we had breakfast at The Golden Egg (Huevos Racheros!), took the cats outside on leashes, played badmitton and ate an amazing dinner at Devin and Alexis'. (If I actually had a camera, there would have been pictures of all the important items mentioned--especially the part about Michelle yelling at those drunk guys).
-And! I just found out I have next Friday off!
Please send news, photos and cookies this way.
Love emily
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