Heading out from MD. (111/365a)

Started the day at 9 with a message from the universe:
NO MORE VIDEO TAKES. BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

The universe made it very clear. It rained on us, messed with memory cards, twirled heavy tripods into our faces, let the trunk of the car gather water and pour a bucket full over our heads, and generally did not like our suggestions until we went inside and gave up.

Instead, Tara spent several hours finishing my two(!!) videos, and then presented them to the whole family, including Charlie the cat.

The verdict: Tara did a great job making me look like a rock star!

On the way out, one more thing - a 4-generations photo - not so easy with Grandma always getting up and going somewhere else and saying "no no no" and Kids who make faces and wiggle around a lot.

Everyone is looking at the camera!

I ended up driving for 5 hours straight, no stops and no breaks. I haven't driven in so long that my feet were starting to feel tired from pressing the gas pedal. Our first stop was a contra dance in Rockland, NY. Everyone was hoping we lived around there and would be back in the fall, but no, we are just passing through.

I don't know if we can technically include this in today, but when I got to Amanda's (Yippeeeeee!!!) we sat on the floor till 2am saying we were going to sleep. Amanda gave us her bed to sleep in, and her new apartment looks like it came out of a magazine for hip cool millennials who decorate houses for a living, with lots of beautiful furniture she made herself from scratch. She herself slept on the floor on a yoga mat. Since Fritz is taking a class far away in Vermont, we got to see his apartment before he did!