Moving on to the fun stuff ('cause the sad stuff will come hot and heavy in later entries, I fear.)
Yes, this Friday, the kiddo and I load up Nelly (my car, and yes I'm one of those freaks who names her cars and NO she is not named after the rapper, she is named in the spirit of "Whoa Nelly". Shut. up.) and we head north to Kansas and then Nebraska! whoo hoo!
I told y'all yesterday that I get to meet Jane - which is true - but that's only the little teensy tip of my trip iceberg. After spending Friday night in Salina, KS partying with Jane and Paco (You know yer jealous) we load back up and drive to Lincoln, Nebraska to visit BFF* and her new husband and in-laws. Whee!!!! Fourth of July in the Mid-west - what's more American than THAT???
BFF said "yeah - come on up, we'll blow shit up and grill things!" I told her it sounded a lot like spending the Fourth in Louisiana, except it's blowing shit up and boiling things down there. heh.
So yes - loooooong stretches of flaaaaat road in my immediate future, punctuated by two of the coolest women I've ever met and have yet to meet. Of course, after all the hard-core partying and fun, I get to spend all damn day driving back on Tuesday.
Twelve hours of I35, y'all. With a 13 year-old. Gak. Send help...and caffeine.
Because I am the MOST organized person in the world (Jane, stop laughing) I'm getting all my travel stuff together NOW, two days before my trip. What? I'm not FLYING....it's not like I have to clear CUSTOMS or anything...damn.
I've got my oil changed, my tires rotated (of course, now my car feels all wonky and out of alignment, fothamucka), directions to BFF's house, Jane's cell number, directions to Salina (get on I35, go north, stop when you see the big "Welcome to Salina sign", moron), and the list-making has started.
Oh, the lists. heh. Max and I sat on his couch last night, he with a cigarette and some W-induced ire (not a Bush man, my boy...not a Bush man at all) I with my lists. He took a moment from ranting to look over.
"Four pages???"
"No...four different lists."
"....?"
"What???"
"NOthin' baby." (scoots over juuuust a bit further)
Yes - four lists. What I'm bringing to wear (no, it does not just say "clothes", smart ass - I'm a girl, it can't possibly be that easy) another of what I'm bringing for other people (I'm a Southern girl, and we are incapable of showing up empty-handed, it's genetic), a third list of things I need to do before I leave and then the fourth list...shit...what's the fourth list...? Hang on. Ha! It's just 3 lists!! I just folded the paper into 4 sections and had scribbled on the fourth section and he just thought it was four, and that completely vindicates me a sane person, right???
SHUT. UP.
Am I the only person in the world who has to squish the urge to go shopping for all new stuff before a trip of any sort?? I have a gafrillion tote bags, a closet full of clothes (that all fit! whoo!) yet, somehow I feel like I need to go get NEW stuff for this trip..what? why? is this a girl thing?? Somebody help me understand this. Because I am stumped. I'm also staying the hell away from Target right now. Because I just KNOW that I'll walk in there, all "OK, buying cotton balls and trash bags" and I'll end up walking out w/ a brand new toiletry case and $50 worth of tank tops. mmmmmm....taaaaaank tooooppssss. wha? sorry. But seriously - why this compulsion to get new stuff?
Hmmmm.....do I admit here that I'm a little nervous about meeting Jane in person?? Discuss.
smooches.
*If y'all remember, BFF=Best Friend Forever - she got married on April 23rd to a wonderful dude who then took her up to the Heartland (Lincoln, Nebraska). Which y'know, yay love and all, but SOB!
5 comments:
Hi! Saw that you were back through Jane's entry today. I don't know if you remember me, I used to be at Diaryland too and moved a couple of months ago to Blogger too. Good to see you writing again, I will have to catch up. Take care!~Kay~
You can thank Jane for yet another reader. I can see that you two must get along well. Have a great trip. I'm pulling for ya!
I completely agree about wanting to buy new stuff when going on a trip. But I can't help you with the reason. I'm stumped too. No one is going to have ever seen my current stuff, so it's not like I'm impressing anyone with my new stuff. Hm. But yeah, my husband and I both get the shopping urge, right before a trip.
And if you think your three (or four) lists are bad, just imagine my Handy Shopper packing database in my PDA. Total geekdom.
Heh. My husband is a major list maker. We just got back from camping, and before we went he had this large, complicated, subdivided list monster going on. But it got us organized enough that nobody died, so I can't complain. I usually lose lists almost immediately because I have the attention span of a fruit fly, but I made the mandatory clothes list on part of his list and therefore didn't suffer from lack of socks or t-shirts.
Hi! I used to read you at d-land and I'm glad you're back! (Thanks Jane for the heads up!) Loved this entry. That toll booth thing cracked me up. I'm sure I would be just as dorky!
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