Woof. No update yesterday on account of running around the house to get ready for our road trip this Thursday. After 30 years of service, my dad’s retiring from the Coast Guard, and the three of us (Mr. Ellie, Rain the Cat, and myself) are heading down to Florida to congratulate him on finally escaping the federal government. (It is federal, right? I can’t expend the energy to open another tab to Wiki that shit. Oh, don’t look at me like that. I was just a military brat, I didn’t work for the Coast Guard.)

Perhaps my biggest dilemma is choosing which book to take with me. I doubt I’ll have time to read, but I like to be prepared. Now, do I want a book where I’m currently trapped in a long, uninteresting campaign against the Romans to secure land or some other crap I’ve forgotten about (because it’s been months since I last picked up the book), or do I want a book where all the characters are mean, snarky, generally unlikable, and possibly rip-offs from other and better characters?

Or do I just go with the safest option?