the beginning of the long trail

circumstances being what they may, i have not updated my blog in ages. here's a quick recap of the last 2 months of my life:

• got diagnosed with mono while staying with a friend in orange county, ca
• flew home that night on the red-eye to boston
• stayed in bed at my parent's house for nearly a month
• got tonsilitis so bad i couldn't eat
• got liver inflammation that gave me jaundice and misery
• fell in love
• spent a week in nyc
• found out delaware really exists
• sobo'd the the monadnock-sunapee greenway trail in nearly constant rain
• spent some time with my 95 year old gramma
• acquired a monster blister at the most rediculous italian wedding ever
• served hotcake to a funk of thru-hikers at tom lovardi's in dalton

and that just about puts me to here. johnny thunder and i are leaving today from cheshire, mass to hike up and over greylock as the official beginning of our long trail thru-hike, which will hopefully take 5 weeks and no less (which is a LONG time to hike 300 miles). wish us luck!