{"id":2154,"date":"2018-07-05T23:50:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T04:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:10:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:10:51","slug":"homeward-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/05\/homeward-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeward Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"

I successfully canceled our hotel in Branson for tonight, and we got everything packed back up for the trip home. After a whole lot of sweating, I managed to get everything to fit into the trunk so I could strap my new Aeron chair to the hitch cargo rack. It felt solid enough that I called the guy back and met his wife to pick up his other chair as well. Why buy one when you can have two for twice the price? Even better, I got it for half what I paid for the first one due to a couple lines in the fabric of the seat.<\/p>\n

From there we started our six and a half hour drive back home. We finally stopped at a Jack in the Box just outside of town after talking about it for a few days. It was about what I expected, but I just had to try it after all these years of seeing commercials.<\/p>\n

We got back home around 9:00 and went to my house first to drop some things off and check on my plants and animals. It could have been worse, but I’ll have plenty to clean up this weekend. The worst was another ant infestation in the cat food. One of my succulents also seems to have melted away somehow. I think that was probably the most upsetting thing, because it was supposed to be hardy and able to not completely wither away in just two weeks.<\/p>\n

From there, I took the girls home and got unpacked. Summer warmed up the last of my leftover egg rolls, then we watched a few episodes of The Office before bed.<\/p>\n

How is it possible that so much house cleaning is necessary after two weeks of being gone?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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