I can’t believe how much stuff I packed and schlepped down to the Planet Ann Arbor today. It didn’t seem like there was a lot in the fridge or the “pantry” but by the time I was done there were AT LEAST five grocery bags plus a couple insulated bags of stuff from the freezer. Shelled peas anyone? We’ll eat some tonight! Because I do not have enough space to put all the non-perishables away at the moment, it’s looking a bit like Pandemic City here. Why did I think I needed so much Soy Vay? I do not know. It’s okay. It’s all stuff I USE, just not in the quantities I currently have.

After that the GG was still galumphing around. I’m not sure what I would do without him. Just packing up the kitchen and laundry and stuff is enough for me. Because I was nervous about the trip — and that’s ridiculous because I have made this trip umpteen bazillion times — I SAT and chilled out on the day’s word puzzles. Plus a color-by-number phone “game” that I pull out when I REALLY NEED TO CHILL. And today I did! Brain, take a rest. To clarify, traveling back and forth from southeast Trollandia to the yooperland my entire adult life has made me a Road Warrior but covid took me down a notch or so for reasons I can’t articulate.

With that said, our trip today was FLAWLESS and I was calm the whole way (five hours). Very little traffic. The GG was in the lead with Mooon Yooonit and the Lyme Lounge and he never ONCE jumped out into traffic such that I had to struggle to catch up to him. Today was the annual Mackinac Bridge tractor crossing but that didn’t really interfere with other traffic much, at least not southbound traffic like us. A couple of gnarly rainstorms in the Gaylord area where visibility was down around 10% but they were short-lived.

P.S. I sooo miss the moomincabin but here on the Planet Ann Arbor, I have a freezer with a LIGHT in it. I have to use my iPhone flashlight at the moomin. Mom, what were you thinking when you bought that fridge?

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