All the Children Were Above Average

Here is a fun fact about me: I cannot abide the Midwest.

Here is another fun fact about me: I paid $349 to move my flight from Sunday evening to Sunday morning. This means that I will pay $35, per hour, for every hour I don't have to spend in the Midwest.

I'm being cute here; I had to go home early for other reasons (long story), but I was still happy to leave. The air was too clear. The water was too clean. The people were too nice. The weather was too perfect.