My sister, Katie, invited us to spend time with her family over the Christmas Holiday so I was ready to go early this morning. However, Mollie didn't wake up until almost 1000. With the prospect of seeing her cousins, she helped me pack the rest of the items we planned to take with us. Mollie suggested that we also bring the centerpiece we’d bought for my condo so we did. Since I'd started teleworking while waiting for Mollie, I decided to finish my full day (rather than use leave). We ended up leaving my condo at 1530 (after getting gas at Irving). We took I-89 and stopped in Warner to get a gift card from Market Basket for my dad. We also got dinner from McDonalds (1615) to take with us while we continued our drive. We stayed on I-89 until it ended - from there, we took NH-3A to reach I-93. We listened to our Johnny Mathis Christmas music CD on the way and also figured out how to play a “The Moth” podcast (Mollie liked it). Despite some traffic after we reached Boston (switched to MA-3), we were still able to reach my sister’s house in Hanover (MA) by 1830. Mollie spent the evening cooking with her cousins and indulging in sweet snacks (we all decorated gingerbread cookies). Everyone had fun talking and visiting. Some of the braver members of the family (not me) went in the hot tub! Tired from my long day, I went to bed (2200) but Mollie stayed up much later.
