14,490 Days Alive
302 Miles Driven
4 Hours 58 Minutes Spent Driving
I have safely arrived at J and Charles’ place in Ohio.
Take your meds, folks.
Of State Lines and Scratches
Tag: Travel
Of Candy Blue and Chinese Food
14,484 Days Alive
$11,693 Owed on the New to Me Car
75 Minute Drive Home in the New to Me Car
2 Egg Rolls Had with Dinner
Well. It has been done. Contract signed, financing secured, down payment made: the blue Ford EcoSport is now mine! She’s a beaut and now I have to figure out her name.
Continue reading “Of Candy Blue and Chinese Food”Of Gear Shifts and Gratitude
14,483 Days Alive
$5,000 Down Payment
90 Minute Drive West Tomorrow
1 New to Me Vehicle
I’m going to buy a used vehicle tomorrow with help from several loved ones.
Continue reading “Of Gear Shifts and Gratitude”Of Year’s End and Yawning
14,409 Days Alive
10,894 Words Written on a Self-Indulgence
31 Books Planned to be Read in 2025
21 Goals for 2025
I’ve come up with my list of small and moderate goals for 2025!
Continue reading “Of Year’s End and Yawning”Of Beef and (No) Barley
14,130 Days Alive
$33.33 Spent on Dinner
6 Cups of Stock Used
2.05 Pounds of Stew Beef Cooked
1 New to Me Soup Recipe
So I used this recipe, sans barley, as the basis for dinner tonight. Mellon is sick and requested soup. So soup I made!
Continue reading “Of Beef and (No) Barley”Travel Log: Day 6, Part 2
Alternatively Titled: Of Chills and Chai
14,045 Days Alive
4 Sesame Balls Bought from My Favorite Bakery in Chinatown
2 Chicago Dogs, Extra Sport Peppers Ordered, Soon to be Consumed
Well. Despite hauling my luggage around with me, and low key anxiety that I’m going to lose my job because I missed today, I’m doing okay.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 6, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 6, Part 1
Alternatively Titled: Of Bunk Beds and Blathering
14,045 Days Alive
997 Miles Flown from Tampa to Midway Yesterday
4 Hour Delay on My Flight
$36 for a Hostel Bed
This place is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s a really old hotel. The elevator is tiny. And everything looks like an art student was let loose on it after too many Red Bulls.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 6, Part 1”Travel Log: Day 5, Part 3
Alternatively Titled: Of Turbulence and Train Rides
14,044 Days Alive
997 Miles Flown from Tampa to Midway Today
4 Hour Delay on My Flight
2 Hours of Heart-Pounding Turbulence Hit
Ooof. The flight from Tampa to Midway was rough.
But I’ve landed safely and that’s all that really matters, right?
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 5, Part 3”Travel Log: Day 5, Part 2
14,044 Days Alive
Alternatively Titled: Of Weather and Worry
997 Miles to Fly from Tampa to Midway Today
4 Hour Delay on My Flight
I was right!
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 5, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 5, Part 1
14,044 Days Alive
997 Miles to Fly from Tampa to Midway Today
9 Hours of Sleep
3 Postcards Written to My Nieces and J
So. I’m barely awake and I have a feeling things are gonna go pear-shaped. Not quite sure how, but things are gonna flub up somewhere.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 5, Part 1”Travel Log: Day 4, Part 2
Alternatively Titled: Of Laundry and Lounging
14,043 Days Alive
2 Plates of Red Sauce and Penne Eaten
1 Check In Completed
My flight back to Indiana is tomorrow. I’m happy to be going home, even if I’m glad I came.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 4, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 3, Part 1
14,042 Days Alive
1 Cup of Coffee Drank
I’m all gussied up and waiting on Reffie to come pick me up for our trip to the Dali Museum!
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 3, Part 1”Travel Log: Day 2, Part 2
Alternatively Titled: Of Boba and Bakeries
14,041 Days Alive
997 Miles Flown from Midway to Tampa Today
3 Friends Seen
1.75 Hours of Sleep Gotten
1/2 of a Moreno’s Salted Caramel Cupcake Eaten with Sparrow
I am, as the French say, le tired.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 2, Part 2”
