_I_ think Emma is going to be spending a little time every day in bags and boxes for longer and longer periods over the next coupla months so that by the time I leave from our visit, she’ll be comfortable hiding in my suitcase for the entire journey to Chicago. Earl used to curl himself into my suitcases whenever I’d getting me ready to travel. The funny thing was he’d pop the lid shut so that when I’d flip it open to toss something else in (which invariably happens EVERY time I pack to go ANYWHERE) he’d scare the bejeebus out of me.
And Sammy is just obviously continuing on her “arriving early” theme. She knew I’d be in Michigan one weekend in November, she just showed up a week early.
Emma decided to help Mer with grading papers. Or, maybe she heard that Auntie Jo might be coming to town and hid. 
Aunt Jo IS pretty scary. That’s why Sammy fled to the midwest, even as Aunt Jo went to the west coast.
_I_ think Emma is going to be spending a little time every day in bags and boxes for longer and longer periods over the next coupla months so that by the time I leave from our visit, she’ll be comfortable hiding in my suitcase for the entire journey to Chicago. Earl used to curl himself into my suitcases whenever I’d getting me ready to travel. The funny thing was he’d pop the lid shut so that when I’d flip it open to toss something else in (which invariably happens EVERY time I pack to go ANYWHERE) he’d scare the bejeebus out of me.
And Sammy is just obviously continuing on her “arriving early” theme. She knew I’d be in Michigan one weekend in November, she just showed up a week early.