I was so pleased with myself. I checked the weather map late Friday night and saw the storm edging closer to Iowa.
“Hon, do you think we should leave a day early?”
“I think we could do it,” Anne answered.
“Okay, in the morning I’ll see if I can extend the hotel reservation a day earlier.”
After finishing the laundry by 6 a.m. Saturday, I called our hotel in Galena, Illinois, which is near the Iowa-Wisconsin border.
“We have one room left. The same room you are staying in.”
Yes! It meant skipping a whole bunch of errands – such as picking up snacks for the drive – but I had a suspicion it would be worth the effort.
We set a goal of leaving the apartment by noon. We hurriedly packed, and made it with five minutes to spare.
“Hon, do you think we should leave a day early?”
“I think we could do it,” Anne answered.
“Okay, in the morning I’ll see if I can extend the hotel reservation a day earlier.”
After finishing the laundry by 6 a.m. Saturday, I called our hotel in Galena, Illinois, which is near the Iowa-Wisconsin border.
“We have one room left. The same room you are staying in.”
Yes! It meant skipping a whole bunch of errands – such as picking up snacks for the drive – but I had a suspicion it would be worth the effort.
We set a goal of leaving the apartment by noon. We hurriedly packed, and made it with five minutes to spare.