We loaded up the truck with the fish tank, cleaning supplies and a ton of plants and plant-related accoutrement, and I offered to drive the truck very slowly up the long way so that the plants wouldn’t be too disturbed, if
So, he took the high road (with several stops) and I took the low road, and he made it home afore me. We went inside and while I cooked some dinner, he fished out a phone cord and plugged in the phone and – miracle of miracles! – we have a phone!!! I realized how weird it had been to be effectively incommunicado every night for nearly a week – no telephone, no cell phone, no internet connection, nothing. This makes me feel a tiny bit safer.