Things have slowed down enough that I can actually write an entry and not have to publish it later. Yesterday we went to three different museums, jumped on huge boulders along Lake Michigan, and had some yummy chinese food. We saw dinosaurs, civil war paintings, and some of the mangiest stuffed animals I have ever seen. All in all, it was a pretty great day.

Today is our last day here and we spent it mostly putting up the Christmas tree, doing laundry, and relaxing. I also got some new hand-me-down clothes from my younger sister (yes, hand-me-downs from my younger sister) and we had a huge breakfast.

I would love to put up pictures of our Christmas Tree because I love it, but I don’t think that’s going to happen since this dial-up at my parents’ house is unbelievably the slowest possible in existence. I don’t know how they can deal with it. I guess the trick is to have only one window open at a time and to make sure it is fully loaded before you even attempt to move to another page. It’s frustrating.

But I’m going to go hunt down Ash – I think she’s around here somewhere. Unless my youngest sister got to her… oh dear.

Well we reached home okay (got there around 1:30 in the morning) and got the cats and Spunky set up for the night before finally passing out in bed. Had tons of family come over Thanksgiving Day and ate tons of food – Ash’s deviled eggs were an absolute hit and everyone enjoyed them (in fact, some of my relatives even admitted to liking them more than my mom’s “World Famous” Deviled Eggs – there were none left of Ash’s at the end of the day, and a plate-full of my mom’s remained uneated).

Today, we are off to the museums in Kenosha (art, dinosaurs, and civil war history, oh my!) and I am most likely there right now since I’m typing this in advance to put up in the morning. I’m so sneaky.

(Anyway, I’m exhausted, the day was long, and the dogs are now barking. Night all and I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Oh, and Good morning!)

So I’m writing this, but yet again, I’m not! How? Because since I’ll be gone for a few days, I’m writing this in advance so it shows up that I have posted every day for November. Cheating? I don’t think so. I think of it as innovative and resourceful.

Anyway. Happy Thanksgiving/Turkey Day/Holidays!

Have a sleepy Zane.  Ain’t he cute?

I’m taking a brief break from my frantic last-minute packing to update my blog since the rest of the day will consist of cleaning, packing, storing, and driving. We woke up at 8 this morning and got clothes packed, lists made, laundry sorted, and rat cages cleaned. Then Ash went off to work, and I went and picked up kitty litter from the feed store, snack foods for the drive from the local co-op, filled my car with gas, got an oil change and a new air filter, tried unsuccessfully to find the kind of black and white film I wanted, and brought Ash a drink for her lunch since she forget it at home. In a few minutes I’m going to head over to the school, get the crap out of storage that we’ll be storing with my parents, and then come back home to clean the ferret cage and finish the rest of the packing for the trip home. I already cleaned Kendi’s cage a few days ago, so she’s good, though I’m still going to feed her before we leave tonight. Wendy agreed to keep an eye on the rats and ferrets and Kendi, while we take the three cats and Spunky with us.

It’s been a hectic day. I actually wanted to go to work still today, but that’s obviously not going to happen. Which means I made only about $100 on my next paycheck, which sucks. I suck at work. Why do they want to hire me full time?

Okay, gonna run some more errands. I’ll try to update before we leave, but if not, the plan is to drive six hours south to my parents’ house and spend the long weekend with them and my extended family. Of course, we can’t start driving until Ash gets off work at 6, which means we’ll leave by 7 and get down there at about one in the morning. This is going to be a long day AND night. Blah.

Back to work!