I've recently returned from a 3 day trip that lasted several months.

My father-in-law lives a long days drive on the other end of the state. He is old & had a stroke. It sounded awful and my wife insisted we go see him "before it is too late." It turned out to be awful but hardly too late. He is a retired army guy and tough as nails whether he is or not. He was released almost before we could get the car turned around.

We stayed a couple of nights with my wife's family and made the long drive back.

I have no idea why I wrote this except to shout where family cannot hear me that I would have rather had non-stop toot canals than to have suffered a second of that damned trip!