Desert Beginnings 2.0: The Great Trek Across America

Cheers everyone! Now that I've caught up on my sleep and have adjusted to the three hour time difference (though, the 100°+ temperatures are still a bit to get used to...) I thought I would give y'all a bit of better introduction to everything going on!

To start off the day we headed off to Corte Bella for an incredible Sunday Brunch. My family has been coming out to AZ and would rave about this awesome brunch that they had, but I had never experienced it—until now! Corte Bella is in a gated community, but their Sunday Brunch is open to the public, and boy is it worth it. Complete with an omelette and Belgian waffle station, this buffet comes with a plethora of fresh fruit, bacon and sausage, biscuits and gravy, and even a delicious apple strudel! Plus a bottomless cup of coffee—can't go wrong there.

Anyway, Gram and I have planned a potential route across the country which would get us to Cape Cod mid-afternoon on Sunday June 30. We're planing to drive about 450-600 miles a day, and with stops to see family and such along the way, it should take just about a week, depending on weather.

Here is a tentative map of The Great Trek!

But who knows... that may change. :D

If you'd like to keep yourself up-to-date on my travelings, I've found this site that lets me create and update a map like the one above. So, if you would like to check that out, I have the start and end points in now, but where we end up... nobody knows!

To see the our progress on The Great Trek Across America: (click here)

That's all from me for now. I should be back up tomorrow, in either El Paso, TX or Albuquerque, NM  depending on where we end up!

Ciao!

-N

Desert Beginnings

I'm terrible at keeping this damn thing up-to-date. I apologize for that. In fact, I have a post that's basically finished that I wrote back in May, but it's virtually irrelevant. So much has happened since my last update, and rather than make it a full post like I had planned to do with my previous post, I'm just going to sum it up rather quickly:
My Spring Semester could have been described in a number of words, but in the end, I have to admit that I was proud of myself. I was taking six classes and managed to achieve Dean's List once again, with an even higher GPA than my Fall Semester. If I can maintain at least a 3.5 and stay on Dean's List, I'll be happy—but I definitely surpassed that this semester :]

In terms for summer plans, I've wound up staying at home. I briefly considered going out to Cape Cod and looking for a summer job, but I was fortunate enough to find a job back home in Oxford and I could not love it any more than I already do. I have an amazing boss who respects me and trusts me, and I'm learning a lot from him, too.
For those of you that don't know, I am working at a liquor store in town, which has a number of advantages. The most important, I feel, is that I am getting to learn so much about wine which will help me later on in life, once I'm 21 and such!

Anyway, I apologize for the brevity of this post and the sporadicness, but i've been up for the better part of the last 72 hours and feel pretty dazed. I'm currently typing this from my bed in Arizona. I flew out today to spend some quality time with my grandma, and drive her from Phoenix to Cape Cod, Mass. It is going to be an experience, and I am sure that there will be a lot to talk about over the next week and a half. I cannot guarantee a post every day, as I may not be exposed to wifi. However, I have an actual journal/notepad with me so I can write there and transfer later :]

Hope all is well. I'll be sure to make a more meaningful post when I'm a bit more coherent!
Ciao1

-N.