Back from Shore Leave 46

I’ve been recovering post-Shore Leave and catching up on my shows, but I figure I’d better talk about my trip before I forget the details. I left home a little before 10 AM, stopping at the bank first to get small bills from the ATM so I could give change at Meet the Pros. For the first time, I remembered to mark down my car’s starting mileage before I left so I could know my exact business miles driven for tax purposes, rather than having to figure it out after the fact come next year. However, I forgot to bring some of the snack foods I bought for the trip, something I didn’t realize until this morning. As I’m prediabetic, I specifically shopped for low-sugar food options, such as unsweetened iced tea, which proved more palatable than I expected. I also brought more fresh fruit and vegetables than usual. The drive out was fairly uneventful until afternoon, when I ran into several brief but super-intense rainstorms, so hard I could barely see past my windshield. One of these…