Life of Wry

Travel day.

Matt and I both had flights departing from Des Moines airport, so we checked out and headed west along Monday morning Iowa roads…

Matt and I returned our car (a huge black Cadillac SUV), had time for a relaxed cup of coffee and a snacky breakfast, then we went out separate ways (my flight left around 10:30, arrived 1:00 in Detroit, 1.5 hours with 1 hour time shift). Lisa was on the other end of mine, which was just the smoothest pick up. Headed right to Kerrytown for some coffee and a sandwich at Sweetwater.

(This photo confirms my 20 extra pounds right now.. ugh.) (Hi, Bubba!) (As I sit here at Avalon Cafe in downtown Ann Arbor catching up on days of blogs, I’m eating a giant chocolate cookie and drinking my third latte of the day… hmmm…. )

Lisa then helped choreograph the rest of the afternoon… ditch my bag at Burnt Toast and figure out how to meet up with Peter on campus, get his car at the coop, and assess a flat tire issue. A call to Broadway Auto offered a great solution (Peter’s car was due for routine service and they could address the tire). While seemingly simple, it felt more like a fox and chicken crossing the river on a raft problem, what with multiple vehicles, people and destinations. But we figured it all out. Got to see Peter’s office in the process and the $8,000 (was it?) couch that he and another grad student acquired as part of an office redecoration project that began years ago but got caught up in university bureaucracy)! A swell afternoon! Here’s P’s office + couch.

Peter and Maya had coop shifts to work this night, so I returned to the ever-wonderful Burnt Toast, settled in, got some Sarah time… all lovely. I was without a dinner plan, so Sarah offered some of her black eye lamb soup and rustic toast. Excellent. And so nice to be back in Ann Arbor!