Leave work at 4:30 Wednesday, get home at 5:05, pack, load the car with presents and dogs, hit the Interstates at about 6:00 PMm and say a prayer that there's no lake effect snow around Erie. (Road maintenance in Pennsylvania? Plowing? Salt? Brine? Hahahahaha!) Buffalo is three hours away.
I'm a bit jealous of our friends in the Commonwealth, who get Boxing Day off to enjoy some tea and scones, while listening to the Queen talk about her Corgis on the BBC World Service. In the States, we just have a glorious tribute to mass consumerism with MASSIVE POST-CHRISTMAS BLOWOUT SALES! SAVE 50, 60, EVEN 70 PERCENT! BUY! BUY! BUY!