blue artichoke

In hindsight, perhaps my decision to postpone the road trip a day was a good one, but I'll never know for sure what the driving conditions would have been had I not postponed. Anyway, I listened to The Life of Pi while the miles rolled away. Listening to a book makes a long road trip go by so much faster. I stopped only twice on my 10-hour journey. Once for a shopping spree at Trader Joe's in St. Louis, and once for a fuel fill-up/pit stop/lunch.

Today I've been working around the house with my mom, trimming trees, planting a bush and clearing out some bookshelves.

And right now, I'm sitting in the front yard, between two giant trees with my laptop in my lap, pointed in the direction of the strongest wireless signal, with soggy britches, numb feet and ants crawling up my pant legs.