It’s been a big day today. 7:30 a.m. meeting; long overdue haircut; coffee with a friend who’s moving away; drove to the office which promptly lost power, internet, and cell service; left the Xterra there while we’re on the trip; Lyfted home, sent an announcement to the department that I will be transitioning to a new team on my return; had one more “until soon;” and set off for Texarkana in The Mystery Wagon.
Perhaps tempting fate, I have opted for a rural route through Northeast Texas rather than conventional wisdom of staying on I-35/135/335 from here to Kansas City, which you can do, but that’s no fun.
UPDATE: I made it to Texarkana. Kinda wish there had been a remote-work-friendly city a little short of that because of early morning meetings, but now that I’m in Arkansas, I’m feeling very much underway. Also I finally bought wagon insurance and a one-way flight home at a rest stop — oops — so it’s all very real now.