tell everybody i'm on my way...

(subject line is a quality phil collins song from "brother bear")

so here i am in new hampshire... after i dropped a-swan off at the train station, i went to church, packed, and 6 hours later here i am in the dartmouth library while marianne finishes her last paper for her finals (they're on terms, not semesters here.)

comment 1: northern jersey is beautiful

comment 2: taking 287 way around the city makes for not too busy traffic and only $3 to get through NY instead of $6+... yay for mason for that tip.

comment 3: I-95 around new haven, CT gives a spiffy view of long island sound... note to self: need to take pictures on the return trip

comment 4: western massachusetts has better country stations than jersey in general... should i have been surprised by this?

comment 5: it was completely dark and sleeting the whole time i was in vermont... however the closest to "pitch black" i've ever seen in my life... would be *amazing* for stargazing

comment 6: i'm literally less than a mile from vermont, just over the border into new hampshire... hanover is a really cute college town... ironically enough, besides seeing marianne who i'm here to see, we've seen jimmy (another budapest person) crossing the street, and ran into andrei both in the cafeteria and in the library (still *another* budapest person)... given there were 7 dartmouth people in budapest when i was, and after i see rudel (marianne's boyfriend) i'll have seen all the guys and marianne.... duuuude....

anyhow, fun to be here, major yay for familiar faces i haven't seen in a year and a half, yay for snow, yay for new states, yay for no math nights, and yay for road trips... but most of all major yay for friends!

an excellent week to you all! =)