2 weeks

In two weeks I will be at the airport, about to get on my plane to come back to DC.... upon arrival in DC i will buy a few last minute items from the store and then i will go to sleep. When I wake up I will shower, get dressed, pack the car and start my journey across the country. To say that this trip has been a long time coming is an understatement. It's been months since BJ gave the idea the green light but it's been even longer since I first decided to spend a significant amount of time in San Fran. Now that I'm this close I'm ready for the day to just be here already.

This weekend is my last in DC for awhile. While I'm not really bothered by that fact, I do want to go see my families before I go. My dad asked me the other day "is there anywhere you haven't been?" I smiled and told him there were tons of places i still had to get to. He just smiled, shook his head, hugged me extra tight and said goodbye. Thru all the ups and downs that he and I had when i was growing up, he's still like my number one fan. I love to make him smile and I think he likes laffing at me. I also need to sit down with my mom and tell her to take it easy while i'm gone. She likes to get worked up about things to the point that she gets sick. She needs to stop that. I also need to check out my brother and sisters. I'm not that tight with them but I still love em. The only other person that I really NEED to go see is Leena and her family. I'm praying that the twins won't get here before i get back but she already looks like she's about to pop so i don't think that's an option to be honest. I want to make sure i spend as much time as possible with Kayla too. Her life is about to be all topsy turvy, i want to make sure she makes the transition to big sister as smoothly as possible.

I feel like everything is going to be so different when i get back... This is going to be an interesting summer.

156 dollars later

Mr. Fishbone is now travel-ready. We got up early Saturday morning to take him to the vet. He actually did pretty well in the car. He talked quite a bit but he wasn't obnoxious. The vet gave him a clean bill of health... kinda. He officially went on a diet :( and he has gingivitis, but he's otherwise healthy. I'm just mad it cost $156 to find out what i already knew.

So now the main thing that needs to be done is operation cleanup. I plan (hope) to use this week to straighten up a little here and there so that i don't get overwhelmed. I've stopped caring about the money because at this point, come hell or high water, we're going so... I just trust that it's gonna work.

The anticipation is really starting to get to us. It just needs to be time to go... we're just counting the days at this point.

Flares and Chargers

Today's task is to buy flares and a charger for my sidekick.

Remember when cell phones came with car chargers, but not the house chargers? I guess that was back when ppl only used their mobile phones when they were mobile and still had house phones. I also remember when long distance calls at 25 cents a minute was a good deal. When it dropped down to 7 cents I thought I was going to lose my mind! Now, it's all included in the regular phone bill (yes, i still have a house phone) and i don't even have that many long distance folks to call any more :(

As for the flares... neither of us knows how to use them. BJ uttered those famous last words, "how difficult can it be?" Pray for us.

A task a day

That's the only way we're gonna make it thru the next 21 days.
Today the car is at the shop getting some new tires, an alignment and a last minute check for whatever might go wrong out in the middle of nowhere.

I have come to the conclusion that BJ is NOT going to blog here so i'll just hold down the fort. I can't believe how this has gone from "July is so far away" to "There's no way we can do all of this by July!"

I'm doing my best to stay sane. The planning portion is complete. Now it's just all about execution (and enjoyment).