Hitting the Road

I have thirty seconds to write this post in between trying to cram the potty seat into the big suitcase and rushing off to make cashew-ginger sauce with soba noodles to eat at the hotel tonight. The Oral Hygiene family is heading out on a five-week road trip. Here's our itinerary:

Two days on the road to the Jersey shore to see my Old Man's family

Three weeks living under the same roof as my Old Man's parents and adult sister

A week in Cape Cod hanging out at the beach and writing poetry (I'll be writing poetry in addition to the beach, thanks to a grant I got to study at a small, windblown artists colony; the Old Man and O. will just be beaching it)

Back to the Jersey shore for another week with the East Coast grandparents and aunt

Two days on the road home to the Midwest

My thirty seconds is up. I'll be posting from Chez In-Laws when we arrive in New Jersey.