Ohaaao AirBnB
The GG is “doing Ohio” which means he is hiking with friends down there. His friends had scheduled an AirBnB and when he arrived at the address, this is what was there…
I’m like where are the flushy toilets and showers and where are you gonna cook a lasagna and a bunch of filet mignon in there. Is there a stove? It spent my childhood summers in rustic conditions with outhouses and cold running water from my next door uncle’s well through a garden hose so I can deal with that kind of stuff. But this was a little more rustic than my childhood cabin. He didn’t provide an explanation. To be fair, internet service was iffy.
Turns out this shack was at the address but was not the actual BnB. To get to that you had to snake your way around the shack and down a little road to the REAL AirBnb, where Chief Tecumseh stands guard.
There was a substantial No Kings protest in downtown Ann Arbor yesterday and maybe at Vet’s Park, which is near The Landfill.
I did not attend. I abhor Trump and MAGA, etc. I think Trump IS trying to become a “king” or dictator or whatever. Born in the USA well past WWII, I did not have to live through a dictatorship. Thanks to my dad and a few uncles and my father-in-law (and many others) who went to war.
Oh, and the f*cking SAVE act. None of this makes any sense to me, who grew up in an era when women almost always adopted their husband’s name. I did not take my husband’s name. No hyphens, no nothing. I am a Finlayson and that’s my name. I let my daughters take the GG’s name. No problem. My mom had a bit of an issue with me keeping my birth name and always put The GG’s last name on legal documents. This caused problems after mom died and I was being slammed by the most incompetent pettifoggers on earth. But my own lawyer fixed all of that.
I’d like to think my mom would be proud of me today, given the times, for insisting on keeping my name. Thinking back, I’m not sure my dad cared whose surname I used. He never said anything and maybe he was even silently rooting for me. I don’t really know.
March 29th, 2026 at 8:09 pm
My dad’s name (and yours) were the ones we kept. So, it’s not odd that the dads didn’t mind since it was their family name. I think moms worried more about how we might be treated or that people would believe us unmarried with children. That was a bigger deal back then. I did participate in a protest; it was invigorating!
March 30th, 2026 at 7:40 am
Please do update us on that airBnB. The picture is hilarious. Did it have heat, toilet, etc? I’ve used them a lot and never had any deal-breaker surprises. Especially after I learned to read the descriptions very carefully. Especially the kitchen area. You can find a full refrigerator, microwave, toaster oven, and dishes but the only sink might be in the bathroom. Not a deal breaker for us but it was a surprise the first time we encountered it.