I made it to Columbus, Ohio yesterday. I anticipated that trying to get out of Chicago would be harrowing, but a heavy rain made it all the more fun. I'd chosen Columbus so that I could arrive in daylight, but between leaving late, the rain and road-construction causing it to take an extra hour to get out of Chicago, plus a time zone change, I arrived after dark anyway.
Apparently some evil bug took over my phone because I'd put on the directions using the major highway that would route through Indianapolis and would have essential rest stops, but the phone guided me off onto a minor highway that was slower, had only one rest stop the whole route, and had actual traffic lights throughout the Indiana portion. Once I crossed the Ohio border the highway became more like a real highway (and that was where the longed-for rest stop was), but oddly although I could see lots of traffic going in the other direction out of Ohio, I was the only car going on the 'to Ohio' side of the highway. Felt surreal having a highway to myself.
My cat is adjusting really well. After we'd arrived to Chicago last month he spent a couple days hiding under the bed, but when we arrived here in Columbus he thoroughly scoped out our little suite (including annoying me by jumping up on everything and knocking over his [thankfully clean] kitty litter), checked out the view from the window for awhile, then wanted his dinner.
I failed again to arrive with the energy and organization to properly clean/sanitize the room before bringing in my stuff and strewing it all over, so today I had to move so much stuff back and forth to clean. But now the room is almost okay, the floor could use a second mopping (by hand, no room in car to travel with an actual mop) since so much dirt came off, but the carpet is hopeless and I'll just be walking back and forth from the carpet to the vinyl flooring anyway. There were half a dozen loose drawer/cabinet knobs and I was glad I brought a screw driver, I got them nicely tightened up.
