Just in case we were being too laissez-faire about all of the planning and details going into this trip, yesterday the universe decided to spice things up a bit.

We are in Hillsborough, NC (home while in NC) so that Rob could go to UNC today to truly complete his fellowship. He did it! (Just to really put it out there, Rob works well under pressure!!!! He has had three years to complete a research project and write a “publishable” paper. He was meeting with a couple members of his research committee to sign off on the paper this morning and he finished the paper at 7am this morning after an all-nighter. He did it!!!! And it’s great!!!!) If you want to see the paper I’d be happy to share it. I don’t think Rob would, but just let me (Kim) know if you are interested in a paper called, “A New Tool to Facilitate Shared Decision Making for Trisomy 13 and 18”.  Woohoo!! Congratulations Rob! 10 years and you are now done with your formal training as a Pediatric Intensivist.

Anyway, I digress with some of the picayune details (not really!) that have detoured us. 🙂

Murphy’s Law…the “check engine” light came on in our VW Routan minivan Sunday afternoon.

We were able to get it into a shop today, Monday, and thankfully it just needs a tune up – replace plugs and wires and maybe a fuel injector cleaner. It is going to delay our departure from NC and the crazy heat a bit tomorrow but not by too much. By around noon tomorrow we should be driving away from Hillsborough until the next time we visit.

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Maybe we won’t be on the road until Wednesday morning but that’s okay too. Our first visit to family is Wetmore, MI in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where we will visit with Rob’s dad and Kathy and we are expected sometime Friday morning. It’s about a thousand miles from Statesville and we have reservations  at an RV park along the shores of Lake Erie Wednesday night and then Thursday on Lake Huron, the straits of Mackinac.

Now it’s on to the next chapter. Thanks Mac!

(The post image is of a boardwalk path leading to Atlantic Beach overgrown with live oaks that Paisley and I visited while on the coast. Gorgeous!)