Saturday in Michigan

It was my first full day in Michigan, and I rose late at 8 when a text woke me. I had pulled the shades and woke in the dark. I was shocked as I must have turned off my alarm and rolled over without waking. This is why I set multiple alarms. It is so easy to do, and I might miss a flight or other important engagement.

I jumped in the shower, and my eyes were only slightly better. I put in some eye drops that use a preservative that can (and in my case does) cause swelling in your eyelids. Yikes! I have tossed the drops and hope my eyes will recover in a few days. They seem better.

Deborah is only a few minutes away, and she pops over, joins me for breakfast, and we spend some time together. Next, we head out to the local farmer’s market and get some veggies and ribs for a Sunday dinner. It is good to get some steps in.

I am fading with the eye issue, time change, and lack of sleep. We have a leisurely lunch at Panera Bread near my hotel, which helps, and then Deborah drops me off at my hotel. I lie down and puff, and two hours disappear. I was tired!

Deborah picks me up again, and we head to her house. I pet the dogs as we work out what to do. We have no plans for this weekend. The following weekend is busy. We decided on a movie and dinner, then headed out in Deborah’s Mini.

We get to just short of the highway when the car shuts off and switches to what Deborah calls limp-mode. The mini has an engine fault and now runs at half-power. This is what Deborah calls limp-mode. We get back to her house. Oil is added to no avail, and the car is down and needs to visit the mini mother ship. Having had a screw in my tire on Thursday, I understand the frustration of having plans broken by car issues. It is Saturday night, and we are glad a wrecker was not called for.

Instead, grounded, we order online for delivery of prime rib dinners from Lucky’s. We watched the first TRON movie (1982) that Deborah had never seen. It has been reworked by Disney and looks terrific on Deborah’s giant screen. The music is very basic and the same sounds, mostly, you would hear coming from the coin video game machine. I have played it again (poorly) at Ground Kontrol in Portland.

Disney has owned TRON since its inception and even produced a short-lived animated series (2012) that expanded on the story between the first two movies. The graphics showed some upgrades in the version we watched, and, having seen the original version unchanged a few years ago, it was quite an upgrade.

Deborah uses limp-mode to get me back to my hotel, and I try to sleep. I fail. I read and chat with Dondrea (three hours time difference), and we talk about her sermon. I read more and sleep sort of. Wake. Sleep. Wake. Sleep. And somewhere around three finally sleep on.

Thanks for reading.