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edenfallingGreetings from New Jersey!
I got a later start than I intended -- 10am rather than 9am, or ever 9:30am -- and then took a tiny nap at the Delaware Water Gap welcome center, so I didn't reach Madison until 2:30pm almost exactly. But the trip was smooth and I got here, which are the main points.
I took shameless advantage of my parents' washer and dryer, and then drove to Susan's house at 5pm, after which we went to her fitness center to use their outdoor pool. This was a little awkward for me, since my only good swimsuit is at the cabin in Minnesota (for obvious reasons), but I did have a bikini I purchased as an emergency swimsuit... oh, fifteen years ago, maybe? at a Target in Iowa when I realized I'd forgotten to bring my real swimsuit on vacation. And it still fits, though it is a lot lower-cut across the chest than I am really comfortable with. (That is why shortening its straps was one of my recent sewing tasks, btw.) We goofed around in the pool, then goofed around a bit more in a hot tub. I like hot tubs. :-)
After going home to shower and otherwise tidy up, we reconvened at Susan's house and headed off to Chili's for dinner. I had never actually been to a Chili's before, but they're the vaguely Southwestern equivalent of TGI Fridays, or Ruby Tuesday, or Applebees, or fill in any other generic American franchise sit-down meal restaurant, so I figured the food would be functional, which it was.
Cat met us there at about 9pm, since she was in Madison visiting her parents for the weekend. So it was a full-on reunion! She had already eaten dinner, but we split a slice of cheesecake three ways because why not. Then we headed back to Susan's place, chatted for a while, and watched an episode of Doctor Who ("Journey's End") on Netflix, since it neatly combines humor and explosions, and isn't terribly long.
You have to remember that our movie night tradition, back in high school and college, was Bad Action Movie Night -- we watched things like Highlander: Endgame, and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation ON PURPOSE. I am actually slightly shocked we landed on something as relatively high quality as Doctor Who. ;-)
In the morning I will pick up my parents' mail, because there is one particular bill that will be due before they come home from Minnesota, and which didn't arrive before they left on Monday. Susan and I may or may not do lunch, depending. And then I will drive back to Ithaca with a bunch of clean laundry, two-thirds of a bacon cheeseburger, and a case of Coke -- because hey, payment for services rendered!
And then on Tuesday, I fly to Minnesota myself.
(Unless, of course, I get a job. Then all bets are off. But I suspect I will be going to the island.)
I got a later start than I intended -- 10am rather than 9am, or ever 9:30am -- and then took a tiny nap at the Delaware Water Gap welcome center, so I didn't reach Madison until 2:30pm almost exactly. But the trip was smooth and I got here, which are the main points.
I took shameless advantage of my parents' washer and dryer, and then drove to Susan's house at 5pm, after which we went to her fitness center to use their outdoor pool. This was a little awkward for me, since my only good swimsuit is at the cabin in Minnesota (for obvious reasons), but I did have a bikini I purchased as an emergency swimsuit... oh, fifteen years ago, maybe? at a Target in Iowa when I realized I'd forgotten to bring my real swimsuit on vacation. And it still fits, though it is a lot lower-cut across the chest than I am really comfortable with. (That is why shortening its straps was one of my recent sewing tasks, btw.) We goofed around in the pool, then goofed around a bit more in a hot tub. I like hot tubs. :-)
After going home to shower and otherwise tidy up, we reconvened at Susan's house and headed off to Chili's for dinner. I had never actually been to a Chili's before, but they're the vaguely Southwestern equivalent of TGI Fridays, or Ruby Tuesday, or Applebees, or fill in any other generic American franchise sit-down meal restaurant, so I figured the food would be functional, which it was.
Cat met us there at about 9pm, since she was in Madison visiting her parents for the weekend. So it was a full-on reunion! She had already eaten dinner, but we split a slice of cheesecake three ways because why not. Then we headed back to Susan's place, chatted for a while, and watched an episode of Doctor Who ("Journey's End") on Netflix, since it neatly combines humor and explosions, and isn't terribly long.
You have to remember that our movie night tradition, back in high school and college, was Bad Action Movie Night -- we watched things like Highlander: Endgame, and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation ON PURPOSE. I am actually slightly shocked we landed on something as relatively high quality as Doctor Who. ;-)
In the morning I will pick up my parents' mail, because there is one particular bill that will be due before they come home from Minnesota, and which didn't arrive before they left on Monday. Susan and I may or may not do lunch, depending. And then I will drive back to Ithaca with a bunch of clean laundry, two-thirds of a bacon cheeseburger, and a case of Coke -- because hey, payment for services rendered!
And then on Tuesday, I fly to Minnesota myself.
(Unless, of course, I get a job. Then all bets are off. But I suspect I will be going to the island.)
