Back in Brooklyn

Left Saturday midday from Chicago for Denham and spent a couple hours with my grandmother. Left Denham around 7:00 pm and drove into Ohio before pulling over for rest. Then I kind of did the drive-awhile doze-awhile thing across Ohio and Pennsylvania. Arrived back in Brooklyn around 7:00 p.m. Sunday night.

I rediscovered why I've been avoiding I-80 across Pennsylvania for these drives back and forth: it's a terrible road with little service and incredibly boring to drive on. Rest Areas are infrequent (and quite hostile to pets, you're given a little strip of grass where you're supposed to walk Fido, the catch being the strip of grass lies between where the cars are driving and where the trucks are driving). Construction on I80 dwindles the road down to one lane in each direction. I76 (the PA turnpike) costs more to drive, and is longer, but tends to keep two lanes open in each direction during construction, and has pet-friendlier rest areas.

Spent yesterday and today recovering from the drive and trying to prioritize stuff to do. Walked Frisket over to the vet today for her yearly shots and physical