AP re-entry experience through land border (Canada)

Hi all!
USC marriage based AOS, been waiting for i485 approval since April 2024. 5 week overstay between i94 expiry and receipt notice.

Had to travel back to Canada for medical reasons and to pick up items from storage, (we moved from Canada but I'm NOT a Canadian citizen) and thought my personal experience might be useful for those who are considering using their AP.

Crossed today with a vehicle full of personal items we left behind (we *actually* weren't planning to stay and adjust status). This fact + having that short overstay had us on edge.
Wife (USC) was driving and handed our documents (My passport, EAD and AP). The officer at the booth asked the usual questions - "where do you live / what was the purpose of your trip". Handed back my EAD and asked us to park at the CBP building and come wait inside.
The place was almost empty, and they called me to the window in about 5 minutes. I was asked to confirm my citizenship and address in the US, then the officer snapped my photo, gave us a short explanation about the AP (nothing I didn't know), stamped it and let us go.
We were on our way in less than 15 minutes.

If you have to travel and:
- Adjusting through marriage to USC;
- Are confident in your application (you probably must have a real messy/complex application for it to be denied without RFE/NOID while you're away)
- Have squeaky clean criminal record and no other admissibility issues,

...Just do it. There's a lot of fear mongering both here and from lawyers on using the AP. All your lawyer cares about is getting you the immigration benefit, and rightfully so. They could care less about your best friends' wedding or that post-op check up you have to attend, or your sick grandma. They can't account for every aspect of your application or your past (what if there's criminal or immigration record you've forgot about and haven't disclosed?) so they will almost always try to convince you not to use it for that 0.01% chance.
Many people have better reasons to travel than I had and still put it off, just go.