thanks for going on a road trip down route 20 with me @shameless_and_crazy. Had a lovely time driving, listening to Dolly Parton, absolutely destroying you at yellow car, munching through a bag of dill pickle potato chips & a family sized packet of double stuffed oreos, driving, following the GPS into a very sketchy forest, charging our phones outside of a gas station in the middle of nowhere, seeing turtles eat lettuce and getting to pet a sting ray, driving, not dying in rush hour traffic in Boston, driving, finding a teenage mutant ninja turtles statue on the 23rd floor of the library in Amherst, driving, eating chinese food and finding rocks on the beach, getting rick rolled by a middle school band at quincy market, cooking on a camp stove in the rain, learning how to play blackjack in a tent in a rain storm, driving, drinking ridiculous quantities of coffee, yelling about women’s rights in Seneca Falls, looking at jewelery at craft vendors at a random fair, driving, jamming out to New Moonshine, and watching you manage not to die falling off a picnic bench. I’m so proud of you for becoming a teacher and landing your first gig, my dude. I cannot think of a better way to celebrate than doing the Thing we’ve been talking about doing for five years. It was worth it.