My last full day in Illinois was good but --like the previous ones-- busy.
It featured stops at the Mother Ship for coffee, Costco (for shelf-stable snacks), Super Target (for... laundry detergent, I think it was), Raising Cane's (for lunch. The verdict on the chicken fingers, Texas toast, and crinkle fries from a pair of first-timers? Two thumbs up), Abby's dorm (to continue room set-up and unload acquired items), Culver's (for mid-afternoon ice cream), Fannie May (for chocolate; we've been driving by the shop for three years now and Abby has always wanted to go inside; when I told Adam where we were he asked if Freddie Mac was next door, har har), the Cheesecake Factory (for dinner, and to fulfill my girl's wish for cheesecake), and finally, one more Target (for Abby's friend's birthday presents). And in the middle of all that, Abby worked a two-hour shift at the college post office while I went off on my own to Meijer (since they carry the Cars with Faces and we don't have that chain where we live. No dice but I tried).
We capped off the day with a trip to the treadmills at the hotel to burn off some of the goodies we consumed. And now, well, now it's time for bed. (Or maybe it's time for Abby to eat some of her salted caramel cheesecake while we watch a terrible Lifetime movie. Jury's out on that.)
I've had a good time here with Abby helping to get her ready to begin her senior year, and I'm grateful to God that we have the finances and flexibility to make the trip possible.
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