By now you either think we’ve been eaten alive by crocodiles in Louisiana (since our map has been stuck there for a month) or you’ve realized we’re back home in New Jersey and figured we’ve abandoned Wanderful. Well, we did, for a few weeks, but not for good. I’d say it probably wasn’t a great idea but if you’re reading this now then hey, what was a few weeks without Wanderful? It wasn’t so bad was it? Compare the time spent waiting for an update from us, to the time we’ve all had to wait for Lost to come back after airing the last episodes eight months ago.

You’re probably looking for an excuse, or if you’re like me and you don’t like excuses, you’re going to be angry reading this one: Look, I’m sorry. We spent the last month of our road trip zipping from state to state, taking in as many sights as we could. Once we arrived back in New Jersey, everything slowed down, everything stopped. Suddenly, sleeping past 9am didn’t seem so bad, so we slept until 3pm! Suddenly the internet didn’t seem so important, so we played MarioKart Wii non-stop. But deep down inside, I think the real reason we haven’t been updating is because we don’t want to face the reality of being back in real life. When we weren’t tricking our brains into thinking we were driving across new terrain by playing MarioKart, we were pretending all the characters in the many movies we’ve watched since coming home were friends we met on the road. In fact, the first few weeks being back haven’t been so bad because we haven’t faced the facts: We’re back in New Jersey and it’s cold as hell.

We spent the first week back celebrating the holidays, and the second in Massachusetts visiting my dad (and sledding in snow, not sand). The third week was spent attempting to live in my parent’s vacated home, the one I grew up in. When that didn’t work we moved back to Montclair, where we are bartering babysitting for apartment living.

Mark and I were talking this afternoon and he said he’s enjoyed himself the past few weeks, as have I. We like sleeping, we like watching television and ignoring the cold weather — but don’t get me wrong, I can’t live this way for much longer. The living is easy but it’s just not interesting. We hope that by January 2010 we can get back on our feet, or wheels (wink) to live on the road once again….Only this time, we hope to do it for good (aka for a few years until we are absolutely sick of it.)

FOR NOW! We still have a few more stories to tell you. And a T@B tour (don’t forget, email us your questions). PLUS videos that have been uploaded to my computer, but never sorted through. Here’s what you have to look forward to in the next month:

Find out what happened when Mark and I tried to climb NUMBER. HILLLLLLL:

Arco, ID

A beach covered in glass?! But how?! Answers, coming soon.

Fort Bragg, CA

I’ll publish my love letter to Frisco.

San Francisco, CA

Find out who Daniel, here, suggested take off all their clothing and pose nude in front of an exotic succulent plant.

Just outside of San Diego, CA

Find out who lives here?!

New Orleans, LA

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