Oh dear - ten days, it's taken me, to find this comment!
Your daughter's "Fly vs Drive" story only reinforces my dread of ever setting foot in airports again.
Searched. ID'd. X-rayed. Come to Chicago via Mexico, and you may stand in line for HOURS to get through Customs. Meanwhile millions of unidentified, un-vetted people pour in over the border, but citizens are rigorously examined and...

No, the beans left for a week in the microwave did not reek, surprisingly.

How am I ....?
Trying to be a little less hard on myself, but still being much too hard on myself.
Amazed that I'm still here at all. I feel very last-century. My childhood looks like a hundred year ago.

But all that is fodder for journal entries or blogs that I will not bother to write.

You seem to be doing great - you are an inspiration!!!