Pre-Trip

So I'm headin' out to New Orleans (or Nawlins, as the locals call it) in the morning. I want to post blogs and photos on here of the trip, but after about ten-ish tomorrow morning, I won't have access to my computer for a few days (I know, I know...how will I ever make it???). So until we meet again, here is my pre-trip blog, with all the stuff I have done and still need to do before I ever make it to Louisiana.

Today I:
1. Stopped at Wal-Mart on my way home from work at 1 a.m. The store was deserted, but the aisles were not. Every dang aisle seemed to be closed so they could mop the floors. Maybe not EVERY aisle, but it certainly seemed like it was every aisle that I wanted to go down was blocked off. I had to get last minute supplies for the road trip (you know, necessities like Twizzlers and Sun Chips) as well as enough food to feed our army of dogs, cats, and chickens for the week. I had to pick up a few things for gifts for family and friends and their little bundles of joys as well. I didn't get home until 3:30 in the morning, thanks mostly to a) the sales-lady at Wal-Mart that chatted with me for fifteen minutes about her puppy and b) the fact that I live a hundred million miles away from civilization (or at least, a Wal-Mart). I didn't get in bed until five a.m. however, because my Mom decided it would be nice to chat for an hour and a half over what to expect on the trip.

2. I got up at 11 this morning and started in on all the trip stuff...but not before doing my regular, daily chores. I fed dogs, cats, chickens, and a brother. I hung out towels, only to run out ten minutes later in the pouring rain to get them and throw them in the dryer. I sorted through a few hundred photos I had recently gotten developed (and no, I'm not joking, there were that many), so that my various family members could have their copies of the most sought after ones. I packed. I hunted down things to pack. I showered. Then I headed to Richmond to work. Somehow I managed to have the time to stop at the bank on the way and withdraw some money for the trip.

Before I Leave, I:

1. Have to make a list of things to do and what to feed for Dad and Dillon. They aren't capable of figuring out such simple tasks on their own, so I have to leave them lists. To be fair, Dillon is only 13. I don't know what Dad's excuse is.

2. Have to feed/water the cats and chickens enough to last a couple of days. No reason putting too much on Dillon or Dad while I'm away. I mean, they have to feed the cats and chickens once a year usually, I sure would hate for them to have to do it too much more often than that.

3. Have to leave money for Dad and Dillon to get some pizza while we're gone. I don't have to do this, but I know the boys, and if I don't, they may starve (or resort to cooking...either one could be bad) while their women folk are on the road.

4. Have to shave. Yuck. I hate that part the most.

5. Have to finish packing. I'm only bringing one small duffle bag and then my makeup bag, but it takes two days to pack all this up. I'll never understand it. Not in a million years.

6. Finish my homework. (Yeah right!)

7. Find Ruby. (Ruby being my GPS.)

8. Sleep...somewhere in there I've got to find time to sleep.