Almost Ready

Lotta Stuff Done

So I've been pretty busy tonight. I got the place all spiffed up except the vaccuming (it's kinda late, and I don't wanna be noisy), yappin with IHOP Buddy on the phone for a bit to make the cleaning go by quicker.

I have one of my two bags packed, plus the backpack I'll take on the plane with me. I have extra stuff to pack this trip because I'm taking a costume (including various and sundry accoutraments) for the Halloween Haunted House at H.N.'s folks' place. Plus, special clothes and First Aid stuff for the care of fresh tat work. I dunno if my artist will be workin on part or all of the tatwork on me, but I'm gonna be prepared for large portions of my skin needing treatment.

Guilt Trip

Tomorrow, I just have to vaccum, run one last load of laundry, take the trash out, pack the garment bag, and switch out the stuff from my purse to the fanny pack. And give Ms. Pukesalot LOTS and LOTS of lap time. She's firmly insinuated herself on my lap right now... it's the first time I've sat down all night. She knows somethin's up and isn't happy about it. She doesn't do so well when I abandon her on vacation. *sigh*

Mom doesn't do so well, either, cuz she gets major guilt trips when she has to leave Ms. Pitiful each evening. I try not to plan TOO many long trips. But I've left the necessary stuff out for Mom to clean up the results of Ms. Pukesalot's inevitable upset stomach, while I'm gone.

Pain Report

I'm pretty tired at the moment, though thankfully painfree... mostly. My head's still kinda on that teeter totter, but the environment at work was a LOT better than it was yesterday, so I was able to stick it out til the of the day with no problems. I ended up goin home early yesterday and accomplished nothing but taking lots of drugs and hiding under a pillow until I was at least able to stand watching the tv. I had to finish up FarScape, after all. I taped the whole thing for Radish, and will take it with me to San Diego. She loved the show, herself, but evidently doesn't get Sci-Fi Channel anymore.

Movie Night

And speaking of Radish, I chatted with her a bit today, and I guess the girls have a movie night planned for Thursday, considering my plane arrives just a li'l before noon their time. It'll be a nice quiet evening (especially since we head out to Santa Maria the next day) but seeing as I'll be waking up at 4:30 in the morning to catch that flight, I hope they don't mind if I snooze out a time or two during the movies... lol

Checking In

I'm gonna try my best to get online to blog a li'l each day while I'm there... Alm's 'puter may be a li'l slow, but it's still in good workin order. I'll probly have to skip a bit over the weekend in Santa Maria, but I plan to keep a li'l notebook on me to remember anything important, and just kinda backdate. :)

Not Drums?

Okee, my mind's beginnin to wander with fatigue, so I'd best wrap this up. Just 2 other things I wanted to note: 1) I think I've been wrong about the drums upstairs. I think I automatically came to the conclusion that they were drums because I HAVE heard a band recently... just wasn't sure where it was originating. When I started hearing the noises upstairs, I naturally put 2 and 2 together and came up with 5. I always thought they were an unusual pattern for drums, but could think of no other explanation.

But I've been really listening lately (not at night... can't hear it in the living room *grin*) and came to the conclusion that it sounds more like a friggin sewing machine. Which still wasn't adding up with the rest of the picture, but it was a much better descriptive for the sound. And tonight I think I've finally nailed the culprit... it sounds precisely like a machine gun. I'm pretty positive what I'm hearing is one of those shoot 'em up games for computer, Nintendo and/or Playstation.

I'm not sure if this revelation helps me at all in my comfort level of discussing the issue with them. I know I've been hesitant about leaving a note about it (since nobody seems to be answering the door when I knock), cuz I haven't been 100% sure of what the noise actually was. I'm now glad I didn't leave a note asking them to please cut down on the drums at night, cuz then I'd have sounded like an idiot. Mebbe now I can have hope they'll get tired of the game, eh? lol

Ah well... either way, I won't mess with it til I get back.

Bus Snob

And the second thing I wanted to mention was the honor Bus Snob gave me today by changing the URL of her blog to Bus Snob. I think she had other reasons to want to change the addy, but it was awesome that she changed it to my nickname for her. I told her I didn't know whether to feel honored or to bust out laughing. She told me to bust out laughing, and then feel honored.

So I did. lol