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LISTENING TO: All Time Low - Monsters (feat. blackbear and Demi Lovato)   As I sit in my sister's living room for the third time this year, it's funny to me that I was able to officially merge the two places I visited the most this year into one whole trip. Of course, earlier this year, my trip to North Carolina was a rescue mission that took place over a quick 48-hour period, while I spent my last trip of normalcy as well as the longest vacation of the summer here at my sister's.  This time around? It was again a rescue mission, albeit more so for the holiday season rather than just coronavirus fears. The last few days in North Carolina were well spent - it's only the third time when I've visited that I was accosted by a tropical storm/hurricane, for one (which is always an interesting time), but I can't say that it didn't end with some hallmarks of vacations past. This years trip ended with visits to some of my all-time favorite breweries for "takeout...

LISTENING TO: X Ambassadors, K.Flay and grandson - Zen   This year has put a lot of things into perspective, but it also has put a lot of things into relief. As I mentioned in one of my first pandemic-travel posts , the trip down to North Carolina to my grandparents has been a yearly tradition for me for decades, and I have to honestly say it was nice to have another example of normalcy . As I mentioned over the summer, one of the things that I've really missed this year especially was driving, so it was great that my yearly solo roadtrip down south, although delayed, was still able to happen this year. There were a lot of things similar to the trip I took earlier this year, but this late into the pandemic, it is striking to see how many people are taking it more seriously than back in April. I guess the argument can be made that even the places that were seeing less cases are finally getting harder hit, which is horrible, but if there's anything about 2020 that could be said, ...