Yet another visit!
Cooper and I left plainfield at 7am to pick up Jenna as early as possible, and then swift her away to Paducah, Kentucky, home of the only Chuck-e-cheese within 100 miles of Carbondale. We got there at about 2pm local time and left at about 8, maybe later. so at least six hours of Cooper entertainment. I felt guilty because Cooper was having to miss a little friend’s birthday party (Hi Carson!) so that we could come visit Mommy, hence the pizza mouse excursion.
When we got to Jenna’s little housing unit, we found out she was at a physical therapy session. So we got back into the car and hauled it over there, so that Cooper could see Jenna doing her therapy. Plus, Jenna loves to “show him off.” So we did that, stopped back by her housing place to pick up her meds, and then hit the road to Paducah.
Jenna handled the noise (so much screaming!!) and activity very, very well. She and I had salads and Cooper had an individual pizza (although I made him eat some broccoli).
Car hit 156,000 miles somewhere in there, and the oil level light came on right as we were leaving Indy. A quart of Mobil 1 20/50 fixed that… took the whole quart, which was surprising as last time it went 5000 miles without using any oil. it must like synthetic more than conventional oil (running royal purple 10/40, and I would have topped off with RP but the store only had 5/30)…
We are staying in DuQuoin again, this time by choice. The Fairground Inn up here is far nicer than the cheap motels in carbondale or marion, and far cheaper than the nice hotels in either other locale. Plus: free breakfast.