Mission accomplished

Road trip:  completed.

Cases of Dublin Dr Pepper bought:  4 (one for T, the others for co-workers who pressed money and orders on me when they heard I was going to Dublin)

Lunch had with T’s grandmother, who hadn’t seen T in almost two years and was inordinately pleased at the surprise:  yes

T returned to town in time to work:  yes

Bed found in time to fall into it:  no

I need to work on that last one, I think.