Date: 2005-06-20
From: Washington, DC

To: Washington, DC
Miles today: 0.0

Day 100:***hi jess, just wanted to check in and see where you are... are you still resting, or are you back on the trail? jewish camp was surprisingly fun-- i guess if you go into these things with low expectations, you're always pleasantly surprised. the road trip was actually really enjoyable, and i made new friends, which is fun. the place was beautiful and i took a canoe out around a lake and there was a bonfire and singing and such¢¦ it was like the sleepaway camp experience i never had all rolled into one weekend. it was sad to come home last night to an empty house, though my brother is coming in today, so that will be fun. anyway, let me know where you are and how the foot is doing. you are always welcome to come back and stay with me some more!! loveSara***hey hot stuff,i'm so glad jew camp turned out to be fun! i want to hear all the juicy details. i am not back on the trail yet, and probably won't be for a little while longer - i can now almost walk normally, not quite, but almost. i think i'll probably stay off it at least till this weekend. bleh. getting antsy. i am, in fact, still in DC ¢ staying with claiborne the whole foods cheese man. i will probably depart here in a day or two - from here, i dunno yet; thought about visiting my aunt and uncle in philly but I think they might be out of town; might try and get down to waynesboro, whatever, playing it by ear. Or might visit you again, if the offer's standing and i won't be in the way with your brother visiting and all. i'll say this much, the trail has made me extremely able to go with the flow.may the force be with you and all thatjess***dude, does claiborne have the best cheese at home? because i would imagine that to be one of the perks... i'm sorry that the foot is not yet doing what it's supposed to. that sucks. get better, foot! grrr... you are always welcome to come crash with me. david will be taking the couch until thursday, but there is a loveseat and plenty of space to tent it up. also, david will be leaving town and kathryn will be heading to europe on thursday, so if you want to stay though the weekend, my place will be nice and empty from thursday on out. but if you want to come sooner, we can certainly make it work. david and i will be doing tourist stuff tomorrow and going to dinner with my aunt and uncle in virginia tomorrow night, so let me know if you want to join for any of that. my aunt and uncle would be delighted to meet you, and it's a free meal. what's the best way to reach you? email? or does claiborne have a landline? the best way to reach me is generally on my cell... loveSara***by the way, i've started funnying up your entries from april. enjoy!***God, I love your funny.Claiborne has both good cheese and a land line, but I don't actually know what the land line number is; I've only got his work number, and that's where he is right now. My ass'll probably be in front of the computer most of the day, though, as I am on a mission to finish April before sundown. (Very cowboy of me.) So you can definitely reach me via email.Can I crash with you Wednesday night? I think you know I'm not exaggerating when I say I'd be delighted to sleep on the bathroom floor, or whatever.lovejess***i was particularly proud of my line where i referenced the good people of gatlinburg. dude, i think we should make this into a book. it can be a weird combo of bill bryson and chick lit. there's got to be a market for that. then you could be a published author before landing a real job! april by sundown is very cowboy, or orthodox jew, depending on how you look at it. i was going to say that those two aren't mutually exclusive, but i feel like they kinda are. you can definitely crash with me on wednesday, and any night thereafter. i will even spray some cleaner on the bathroom tiles in anticipation of your arrival. if you are really lucky, you can have a meal with my brother too. ok, i'm going to take a break from "working" to run out to rite-aid. let me know what you're thinking in terms of your schedule for the rest of the week. loveSara***are you suggesting that leading guided tours at the witch house does not constitute a real job? (i guess we already know your brother's opinion on that one.)semantic quibbles aside. i'm playing the rest of week by ear, or by foot as the case may be, but i have a feeling i probably ought to stay off it at least till the weekend. by which time i will, you know, hopefully be able to walk again and stuff. in anticipation of which i might possibly be thrilled to resume my love affair with your couch. and your bathroom floor. and then, you know, i'll figure out some way to get back to the shenandoahs.the specificity of my plans is dazzling, i know.i hope rite-aid was all you dreamed it'd be. enjoy "work."lovejess