And the Journey Begins...

It's official: we're vagrants.  We quit our jobs last week and finished moving out of our apartment in Charlottesville, VA today.  The first leg of our cross country drive has been completed and we're now in Bridgewater, VA at Stew's parents house hanging out with Shannon Pollock and Scott Wootangclan.  

The plan for this evening is to pack the car, do laundry (gee golly! one day in and we already smell bad.  get ready for some olfactory abuse Latin America), and undoing the mess we created by throwing all of our belongings in the back of an old Ford pickup.  Should be a good night...Stew is  definitely looking forward to waking up to see his doctor at 7 a.m.  Sarcasm aside, we ARE looking forward to being in Charlotte tomorrow night with Christina Coffey, one of Tori's best friends from high school.  So from Charlottesville to Charlotte, the progress is clear.  Soon enough, we'll be in Ca, which is about as far as I can take this joke.  

I (Stew) felt like I was living a country song this afternoon: I was driving Old Blue, my family's ancient Ford Ranger over the mountain from Charlotte and realized I was jobless, homeless, listening to Brad Paisley (not my finest moment) and that I was also the happiest I had ever been in my entire life.  I guess that's where the analogy stops because country music isn't exactly the most upbeat genre and I am completely excited about this journey. 

Anyway, farewell Charlottesville.  You have been a great home and we shall miss you.  A fond goodbye to our many friends there.  My heart spills gallons of barbecue sauce and canned tomatoes for you.  Get ready Charlotte and our next destinations, because us vagrants need places to shower.