{"id":845,"date":"2021-05-12T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/?p=845"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:35:19","slug":"we-are-back-baby-well-almost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/12\/we-are-back-baby-well-almost\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Back, Baby! \u2026 Well, Almost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are back in Vermont, we are vaccinated\u2014twice\u2014and May 18 is the official date that we are emancipated from the threat of COVID-19!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have spent the last six months in Pennsylvania closing down Bob\u2019s late mother\u2019s condo while the kids finished their semesters of school. In the meantime Lisa has been working on the final edit of the Young Adult novel she began in late 2019, and both of us have been studying Spanish ardently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We moved back up to our second home in Ludlow, VT, this past Sunday, and after months of cleaning out a lifetime\u2019s worth of stuff, then packing up, moving out of one home, and moving back into another, we are frankly exhausted, physically and emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210510_103851-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-846\" title=\"View of the brown trees\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210510_103851-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210510_103851-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210510_103851-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210510_103851-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210510_103851-2048x923.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The trees are still brown on the mountains in Vermont and the weather is cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So of course, the first thing we did was relax in the hot tub with mimosas to celebrate the moment and toast the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210511_064102-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210511_064102-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210511_064102-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210511_064102-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210511_064102-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210511_064102-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption> Its good to be back. Bob really missed the hot tub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is so much to do here in Vermont\u2014kayaking, hiking, birdwatching, visiting breweries, exploring New England towns, enjoying outdoor concerts, going to farmers markets, shopping, enjoying so much that Vermont has to offer. And we have started planning our next travels. Watch for that in the next Messy Suitcase blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasta La Vista!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are back in Vermont, we are vaccinated\u2014twice\u2014and May 18 is the official date that we are emancipated from the threat of COVID-19! We have spent the last six months in Pennsylvania closing down Bob\u2019s late mother\u2019s condo while the kids finished their semesters of school. In the meantime Lisa has been working on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/12\/we-are-back-baby-well-almost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We Are Back, Baby! \u2026 Well, Almost&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,15],"tags":[7,27,244,55,37],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lisa-blogger","category-vermont","tag-messy-suitcase","tag-messysuitcase","tag-okemo-valley","tag-okemovalley","tag-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}