on the road again

This is the week that I am going to try and pull a cross country move out of my ass. Well, it's not exactly a "cross country" move, but 1200 miles isn't exactly something to scoff at. If I can pack all of my gear and load it in three days, I will be my new hero.

Most importantly, the sooner I finish, the sooner I get to go back home to my dogs! Banjo escaped today and now feelings of uneasiness and uncertainty are all around me. Perhaps a good thing, a sign that I should never have children for fear of being completely paralyzed by the inability to live my life because I'm so worried about the youngun's. Oh, and Banjo safely returned his own little self to the confines of our yard once he heard the tinking of dry dog food against his metal food bowl.

Tomorrow I will arrive in Butte and it already feels like I never left. Hopefully I will find my little house and all of my worldly possesions in the same state.

I'm ready to rock and roll back to L.A. with a renewed perspective and some good photos from the road.

foiled again!

Okay, so since I've promised myself that I want to start seizing the day by the balls, what happens? I get sick! Not even totally and completely mindblowing sick, just sick enough to keep from what I want to do and with the possibility of becoming even sicker if I venture out of the house. I knew this was going to happen because I woke up not feeling very well on Thursday and by Friday, I had the body aches.

I guess it was okay because I got to read a bit more and I'm just about finished with "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next but I do plan on hitting up the Goodwill once I get back to Butte. They always have the best book selection and since I'm not going to be living there anymore, maybe the thrift store book gods will smile upon me and bless me with one last big score. I'm hoping to be on the next title before we hit the road this Wednesday. Since I brought "Middlesex" with me, I guess I will just go with that one.

Tomorrow is a semi big day. I need to hit the mall for some things including a new makeup brush set and a few fun shirts for the nights we will spending in Las Vegas on our way up and then back down from Montana.

a bust...

Hmmm... What was supposed to be an exciting day sort turned into a big dump. Plans to go to Magic Mountain were unfulfilled but I did my best to salvage what was left of the day. John and I ended up hitting the Whiskey Bend for happy hour Coors bottles and some much needed catching up. I hadn't seen him in almost a month and that means I have tons of Simpsons quotes and random unsavory humor bottled up and just waiting to explode much like a shaken up can of soda pop. We didn't get to see "Bruno" do to our last minute planning but maybe that will happen over the weekend.

I am determined to take advantage of every day from now on especially since I have so much to be grateful for and loads to be looking forward to! My list of things to take photos of before I leave Los Angeles includes the Hollywood Sign, Chinatown and downtown L.A.

ready to be done

Today is my last day of summer school and my brain is cooked. I think it must be the heat...

Now I can look forward to playing with cameras, watching the one hundred hours of programming I've amassed on my tivo and picking my next book from the stacks of novels I have in my bedroom corner. Not to mention the drive back to Montana to load up my stuff, say goodbye to Butte and the few people I've met there and then hit the road again. And back to the City of Angels.

The list new waits now includes the Fall 2009 school semester, a tattoo appointment with Sid and Vegas sometime with Emily before the year ends! This life rules!