Thursday, April 02, 2026

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!

I bailed out of Dallas on Monday morning and overnighted an extra night in Springfield, MO because it was a long and tiring weekend.

Alas, between weather in Missouri and atrocious and unexpected traffic snarls in Illinois, Wednesday’s journey turned into a nightmare. I sat there chewing the steering wheel and watching the ETA on my maps app increment upward until it was predicting well after eight o’clock.

Even before I reached the Wabash river I was starting to nod off behind the wheel, which is never a good sign.

Rather than risk getting kilt inna streets by “Get There-itis”, I made a command decision and grabbed a room last night at the Holiday Inn Express in Terre Haute and finished my journey home this morning.

Glad I went, but even more glad to be home.

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