Speaking of hard-to-find customer service phone numbers, I've finally tracked down the number for the Houghton, Michigan Greyhound bus station:

(906)-483-0093

I'd almost given up hope. No one at Greyhound Customer Assistance or my local Chicago station was answering the phone — I'm tempted to call the Chicago station again while I'm there, just to see what they do when the phone rings — and the two Houghton Greyhound numbers I found on the Internet, (906)-483-2370 and (906)-337-5515, were both disconnected.

Did I give up? Nay.

I did what I thought I'd done already and navigated my way through the menus at 1-800-231-2222 until I found a living, breathing human being to talk to. She gave me the local number, and the guy at Houghton confirmed that the Greyhound bus is rarely if ever delayed coming into town.

Which is to be expected. Houghton can deal with snow, the highway will be ready for me. It boggles my mind whenever I read about a few inches of snow shutting down some huge metropolis.

I ship out next Friday for Matt's pseudo-graduation from Michigan Tech (they have a week of school to go after the ceremony) and from there to Xmas break.

And everything will be done by then, yes...