Santa Monica, Here We Come...

So, a quick update won't bring you up to speed but it'll have to get you by...

Two night before Valentine's Day I was trying to figure out what to get Gillian and coming up empty. So, I dropped my dog off with an old friend from high school fabulous enough to take care of him for a little while, gave my car keys to Jake (who promised to take care of her as if she was his own), and bought a last minute flight home to Stamford. Although it's much more romantic to think that I flew home just for V-Day, I have to admit that I also needed a place to live for the month of February as my new apartment was only available as of March 5th.

Yup, you read that right... new apartment. The apartment that Darcy and I found, loved and didn't think we would get, came through. It's an awesome 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 loft, 2 parking space awesome apt. and the lease is signed and the checks have cleared. It's ours. We just have to move in.

So, in order to achieve that last part, Darcy and I are packing a 16ft Penske truck on Tuesday, March 6th and plan to roll out of Stamford early on the 7th. If we have our way with the road and only stop to eat & pee (ok, #2 too), we hope to hit the west coast by Saturday... Our only detour is a minor jaunt along the rim of the Grand Canyon. Otherwise, we plan to stay on Route 40 most of the way out. I'm pretty excited about this route for two reasons: 1) It's new. I drove out on Route 10 last time, so this trip presents new stuff to look at and less road time in TX. 2) A good portion of Route 40 runs parallel or on top of what used to be Route 66 the infamous, decommissioned "Main Street Of America". We'll be rollin' along side history...

So, that's the short of it. Trust me, the long version ain't too interesting. I did a lot of sitting around these past few weeks. Other than running a couple of errands and helping Darcy pack and wrap things up here on the east coast, it's been a fairly low key trip.

Hope you're all well and I encourage you to stay tuned to the blog in the next week or so (and longer) because I fully intend to post dispatches from the road and a whole slew of more photos from The Journey: Take 2.

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