"so, how's the job search going??"

Since leaving Earlham in June (and for several months before) we've been asked countless questions like, "what kind of job do you plan on getting with that degree?" "when will you be starting graduate school?" "what are your plans now that you've graduated?" After careful consideration we've decided that these questions can kiss our butts. WE'RE GOING ON A ROADTRIP!! And not just any roadtrip-an epic journey of discovery. We'll be WWOOFing (www.wwoof.org) on several farms across the US and visiting friends and family along the way. We hope that seeing new and different lives and communities will help direct our own paths. We're not delaying the real world, this is the real world. And we're living it.

Alexa and Lizzy left Poughkeepsie NY on October 23rd. Here's where we've been so far:
-Philadelphia, PA
-Baltimore, MD
-Alexa's home (Silver Spring, MD)
-Pittsburgh, PA
-Columbus, OH
-Oberlin, OH
-Richmond, IN
-Chicago, IL
-St. Louis, MO

We saw a lot of friends and some new places, and are so glad to be with our third muskrat tear, EMMA. So here we are together at last in beautiful Columbia, Missouri! we miss you! Things we have learned so far:
-you can extend a chicken's laying season by putting electric lights on in the henhouse
-in MO they call it "toasted cheese" instead of "grilled cheese" and "dressing" instead of "stuffing"
-there are no teeter totters left on any playground in the U.S
-When you are reincarnated you choose your astrological sign based on what you struggled with in your past life. (For reference: Alexa=Scorpio/ Libra moon, Lizzy=Scorpio/ Sagittarius moon, Emma=Taurus/ Sagittarius moon)
-At the Cool Stuff store in Columbia you can get 2 super sour gumballs out of the machine for the price of 1 because the guy who put it together messed up. he admitted it.
-how to make pecan pie
-In the Art Institute of Chicago they have an exhibit of tiny rooms of different time periods!
-how to play tetris attack on super nintendo
-baby bottle pops put holes in your tongue
-if you go to a parade in the midwest they will throw candy at you
-what emma's mom looked like when she was giving birth to emma
-alexa looks really creepy under a black light. also, black lights bring out your freckles-and lizzy has a lot of secret freckles.


We've been here since 11/20th and Alexa and Lizzy will be leaving on Tuesday to WWOOF on a farm in Williamsburg, KY so Emma can (be a good girl and) finish her grad school applications. We will be reunited after Christmas to continue the journey as a threesome!

We love you. A big thank you for all those who support this journey and a big un-thank you for all of you who don't. a-cha-cha-cha-cha.