Countdown: 24 days until we get home

Dora told me that she misses Arizona on the way here (we're at the Elizabethtown Library). I don't know if I miss Arizona, especially the 115 degree heat, but I miss home. Especially today. It is raining like crazy, Matt and I have been playing phone tag like crazy, and I don't know if I'll be able to see him much this next week. He told me in our brief phone conversation earlier today that one of the counselors had to leave, so he'll have to work more this week. But the problem is that he's already working lots as a counselor, and he's been asked to be in a Cello Choir, and he has a solo performance on August 8th, and he's teaching 4 students. So today, I'm really missing our real life, and wishing we could be back together as a family again.

Yesterday I took the kids to Vermont. There was only a slim chance of us seeing Matt, and rather than waiting around to be disappointed, I decided to make the best of it. We drove up to Port Kent and took the ferry across Lake Champlain to Vermont. We walked on the ferry (it saved us almost $13!) and it took about an hour, which mostly involved me chasing Sebastian away from the cheap plastic toys for sale at the "Ferry Shop". We walked around Burlington for a few hours, had Ben and Jerry's ice cream (Fossil Fuel ice cream is REALLY REALLY REALLY good), bought a few items to entertain Dora for our return trip, and went to the playground. It was a pretty fun time, and I hope to get back. Our trip yesterday brought the number of states visited during this trip up to 10. I've got to go get Sebastian off the table--he's climbing whenever he gets a chance...