Pre-Trip

Chloe is already at the puppy spa - the owners of the kennel called last night to have us bring her by 9:30 since they are out and about today. That's worked out well - we are now a 'gate-free' zone, which eliminates the need to climb over the 'baby gate' setup between our family room and the rest of the house. That will do my sore hips a world of good.

I have Map Quested every possible directional scenario for the comings and goings of the weekend. We should be at our destination this evening for our interim one night's stay by 10ish. That's allowing plenty of time for a stop for dinner and restroom stops as needed. Tomorrow's trip will be about 7 hours - all of those times are according to MapQuest, which in my experience are usually about 10-15% shorter than they say. So that would be good. We should arrive in plenty of time for pizza dinner tomorrow evening. Probably even early enough to possibly check in before dinner - but we'll see. It would save gas to just go to dinner first and then drive to the hotel - instead of backtracking. Wow - never thought I'd care about saving a little gas, but now I do. The economy - she is BAD.

J. took H. shopping last night - after reminding me (and practically peeling me off the ceiling) that H. had never spent all of his back to school money. Only thing is: the money for the BTS was on his Visa Buxx card - and they did not use that - they used our regular 'monthly expense' credit card. Buggers. Oh well - we'll use his Visa Buxx card for some of our expenses this weekend and that will even things out. Assuming he knows where his card is. I'll be going there with him when he gets home from school.

Next on my list is readying the bird cage; the cat supplies/litter boxes; getting a key over to our neighbor 'just in case'; packing; getting J's car in the garage so the van and B's car can be pulled into the driveway while we're gone; watering plants; etc. Yikes. Oh, and going to the bank for traveling cash.

Holy Cow! I gotta go!