so we made it

the drive was everything i thought it would be. if we thought southern illinois was bad, that state has nothing on kansas. i had never been to kansas before this trip, but now i feel like i've spent a few years of my life there :). after kansas it was just another couple hours into denver, where we sat in some lovely rush hour traffic (and no, they have NOTHING on atlanta as far as traffic goes) and then finally made it into boulder. once in boulder, we went straight to my sister's place and got the number for our landlord and headed over to get the keys. so we're here and eric starts work tomorrow, but the moving truck doesn't get here until the middle of next week.

so we have
1. an air mattress
2. three cats
3. about 4 days worth of clothes
4. a washer and dryer
5. a chair. just one.

it's stressful, but we've been spending a lot of time at andrew and heather's place, so at least we can sit on something.

other than our lack of stuff, so far the house is great. we wake up to beautiful colorado sun every morning and it's not annoying, it's rather pleasant.

we have more pictures to post, but my cable for uploading the pictures is, of course, packed away with all of our stuff. we'll post more when our things get here.

good luck to eric, who starts his new job tomorrow.

my car is covered in bugs

How to leave Atlanta:

1. Monday: Get movers to mover your jank, sleep on a magnet bed
   
2. Tuesday: Get car window fixed, return cable boxes, clean apartment, sleep on magnet bed
3. Wednesday: Eat one last time at the Skillet -- first ones in the restaurant! Drug cats, drive forever

Our orignal goal was to make it to St. Louis but we made pretty good time and left Atlanta at 8:30, so really we got through there around 4:30 Central and couldn't bring ourselves to stop with so much daylight left. Plus the cats were being quiet. So now we're in Odessa, MO which is somewhere close to Kansas City. I think that makes for a relatively short run to Boulder...maybe 8 hours?

The states:

1. N. GA - Boring, we pass the carpet place
2. Tennesse - Torrential rainstorm and crazy hail
3. N. GA - 75 is weird
4. Tennesse - Chattanooga is pretty green, Nashville is only about 3.5 hours away -- looks cool, ate in Clarksville at the Cracker Barrell -- they still smoke in restaurants here
5. Kentucky - Tons of farmland and red barns -- pretty smooth ride
6. S. Illinois - Booooring, never go there, ever.
7. Missouri - St Louis does in fact have traffic, tons of trucks on 70, we give up at sunset

here are some pictures of boulder and our place out there...

Boulder Has Music Too

And to appease my worries that there won't be any good music in Boulder, there's the Fox Theatre. A good amount of decent shows coming up in just one venue in Boulder proper:
04/14-04/15 DINOSAUR JR.
04/27 CRACKER ACOUSTIC DUO
05/08 IMOGEN HEAP
06/06 BOY LEAST LIKELY TO
06/07 THE EELS
07/10-07/11 BUILT TO SPILL

Moving to Boulder

So it's finally happened, we're leaving Atlanta -- err the ATL as Shirley Franklin would prefer. Whatever the point is I'm moving out to Boulder, CO and will be taking a job with my good friends Andrew and Jeff at Webroot. And the best part? No longer will I be "Sr. Engineer," I'll be "Threat Research Engineer" -- possibly the coolest job title ever (that I've had).

Anyhow Kel and I found an awesome place to live: It's a loft off of an artist's studio just a little bit outside of downtown Boulder. For those of you interested I will be living here, working here, and traveling this delightful route to work every day. That's right, 6 minutes. Eat that Atlanta.

It's been a good 12/13 years, but I guess now's as good a time as any to try something new. We'll keep you updated on the trek out there...it's gonna be a beast.