Today we drove down to Baraboo (which is still in Wisconsin – it’s to the south east of Onalaska) to visit my Grandma. We left after Chris’s latest dentist appointment, which went ok, but not so amazingly that…
X-flavored Y
Since Chris can eat normally again now, we went out for a celebratory burger that was in no way mashed potatoes, apple sauce or yogurt. While we were there, we found something quite quirky on the menu: We are still…
Dry Socket, Sunshine and Amazon
In the last few days, we’ve had a mixed bag of experiences. We’ll start with the less positive. Despite his best efforts, Chris has dry socket, but even managing to surprise the dentist, he just has a bit. I…
What is a Hardware Store?
Today I went to the U.S equivalent of B&Q called Menards. This hardware store was so big that they had space to sell other items that had nothing to do with home improvement (DIY). It’s also my father-in-law’s favourite store. He even…
Lord of the Fly Nets
I’m feeling a little better after my surprise wisdom tooth removal. During a lucid moment today, I decided to look out of the window but there was an unfamiliar layer that sort of fell out. Here’s a video of what…
Downtime
Yesterday was fairly stressful with the unexpectedly dental hijenx since Chris had never had any dental issues before (not so much as a cavity) and we had to deal with insurance much sooner than we were hoping or expecting to. Plus, we are still…
Unexpected Dental HiJenx
After two days of toothache, I brought forward my regular (and by that, I mean annual) visit to the dentist to see what he could do. Not leaving me too much time to decide, he injected something that made my…
Navy Pier, Amtrak, and Arrival in Onalaska
After watching the sun rise over Michigan Avenue from the Congress Plaza Hotel, we set off to see Chicago. We started off with breakfast about 7 AM. It was extremely windy and cold for mid-May. We stopped into a coffee…
Chicago Style Pizza and Jet Lag
On our first night in the US, we managed to stay up till all of nine o’clock, but that was long enough to go to Lou Malnati’s and have a Chicago deep dish pizza. The pizza was indeed extremely deep and in an order…
We’ve arrived in America!
Hello all! We have finally properly begun our journey. We got up this morning in England at what would be midnight in our current time zone, so it’s been a long day. Other than being very tired though, I think…