florida

A week ago Diana and I left Florida after spending two weeks visiting my family. She and I are moving to China so I'm not exactly sure when I'm going to see my parents and family again although I don't think it will be too long. We said our goodbyes and wished each other well but I, unfortunately, didn't film any of it. Instead I filmed me saying goodbye to all of the material objects left behind. My guitars, the pool, the house and Jake (but he's not a material object).

The train ride to Florida on Amtrak was awesome although our roomette (Actual name) was rather small. It did, however, have everything that Diana and I needed for a short overnight trip (27 hours) from New York City to Tampa, Florida.

I would definitely do it again!

While I'm overseas in China Jake is staying with my parents. To get him used to his new home I took him outside and left him play in the "yard". He didn't go too far just over to the nearby ferns and then coiled up and settled in.

The climate in Florida is pretty much perfect for him although he does tend to like it much cooler.

The rain in florida is intense and it comes almost out of nowhere. In about 5 minutes the sky can go from bright and sunny to dark, deary and then.... rain sheets of intense rain just fall from the sky as if a giant bucket was tipped over. I shot this video last night when, in about 20 minutes , several inches of rain fell from the sky.

Roughly a week ago Diana and I boarded an Amtrak train at Penn station in New York City. We had just finished packing and cleaning up our house not more than 10 hours before. We shipped a few boxes to China, shipped a few boxes to Florida and took the rest with us on the train. We traveled with three suitcases, three guitars, one amplifier, and two boxes. It took us roughly one month to rid of ourselves of nearly all of our worldly possessions except the items we could not part with (yet).
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Well after spending a week in sunny Florida it is time for me to return to New York. I spent the last week writing cover letters, revising my resume, lounging in the sun, sleeping late in the day and just generally relaxing. I'm not quite sure what I needed a vacation from but I did need to bring my car down here and I wanted to see my parents. Like normal people they work during the week, unlike me right now, so I had to stay through two weekends so that I could spend a bit of time with them.

OH I did do two really cool things while I was here.

1) We went to Busch gardens. I like that park.

2) I learned how to ride a motorcycle. No really I did.

Well that's it for me. It is time for me to get to bed and jump on a plane tomorrow.

One Last Thing: Happy Birthday Amanda!

A few weeks ago I flew out of the country of France and now it seems that a little bit of France has followed me. Of course it has to be in the form of a Category four hurricane known as Frances! Wonderful.

If you have no idea what I am talking about you really should pick up a newspaper or turn on the evening news sometime. Here is a link though so you can get up to speed