On the Eve of Our Departure

Today we spent most of the day getting a minor transmission problem fixed in the Jeep. Not a big deal, but they got the wrong part–not once but twice. Meanwhile they couldn’t put the old part back on, so we hung out in limbo waiting for the fix.

I was at the hairdresser getting one final haircut while Ami and Frances took care of the car. As a result, I spent most of the day wandering Fremont, the neighborhood in Seattle known as the Center of the Universe, where I once lived for two years. It was slow and pleasant, not at all what you’d expect for the day before a massive trip like ours.

Now we’re all finally home, and it’s boogie time. So I will leave you now. By tomorrow evening our banner will change to report our entry into a new state.

I hope it’s not spoiling any suspense to say that we will be no more married there than we are here.

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