Buffalo, Day 3: Of caffeination and car rides

It's very strange walking into the two major grocery stores by my parents' house and discovering there is one brand with a grand total of four bulk coffee bins in either store: dark roast, light roast, espresso roast, and decaf.  Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Seattle anymore.  Well, when in Rome drink like the Romans do, which means mediocre coffee and a lot of Labbatt Blue.

Today was fairly uneventful beyond the culture shock of returning to the grocery stores that sustained me through young adulthood.  Drove to the Southtowns with my dad, then drove twice across town with my mom to et something notarized by a family friend, and the annual family dinner since Karen is flying out tomorrow and who knows how her schedule will go with wild weather and reroutes being the norm rather than the exception in winter flying.  I guess the next few days are the real 'vacation' part of this trip, and then all the craziness resumes.