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snottygirl for dinner at a new-to-me restaurant in the Pearl. It was delicious! I definitely want to go back. :9 Lots of excellent conversation was had. I haven't seen snottygirl since my Yuletide write-ins, so it was wonderful to catch up IRL.
I'm in Alberquerque! And I managed to get Usagi to work with a hotel's wireless network this time. Heh!
I did about 700 miles today, which is respectable. I'm not speeding more than 3 or 4 miles over, as I drive like a grandma. Spicer-kitty is doing fine. At the moment he's exploring our hotel room, He keeps trying to get under the bed, which is impossible b/c it has a solid base and I jammed pillows in the openings next to the wall. ^^V
We're both lucky tonight. My hotel tomorrow (Mon) might not have the solid-based bed, which means I'll keep him shut in the bathroom so I'll be able to catch him the next day. And the next hotel might also not have free internet! I hope to drive more than 700 miles tomorrow, since I plan to leave an hour or two earlier than I did today.
BTW, running the mountain pass gauntlet with no road shoulders, at night, and stuck with an 18 wheeler in the right lane parallel and pacing you is rather.....interesting.
Sunday morning I begin my 2,000 mile drive to Portland. Wheee! Spicer-kitty will be stoned thanks to the drugs the vet provided, and I'll be singing along with my ancient anime themes CDs while I try to keep from gaping at the scenery and killing us both! Let us hope things go well.
To avoid the traffic nightmare of Denver, I'm heading west to Roswell, north and west through Albuquerque, skirt along the AZ border, cut across the SW corner of Colorado, north through Utah, wade through Salt Lake City, then across Idaho and west along 84 to land in Portland. I'm not sure if it will take me 3 or 4 days to finally step inside my apartment. More than likely I'll reach Portland on the 3rd day, but too late to move in. (The complex said they can't do a new move-in after 4 PM.) So I might end up in a hotel nearby to await the next day. Anyway, I'll definitely be inside my apartment and back to work on the 10th. I miss work very much, and it will only feel worse after three days of driving. T.T I'm taking Usagi to do some pre-lettering in the hotels. It's an addiction!
I had a decent visit with my IRL friend Yuumei yesterday, was genuinely surprised at the surprise party L-chan threw for me, and had a wonderful long chat with my other IRL friend Rei at the local ihop. I will miss them all terribly. Yay for the net and phones!! Thanks to the masterful skills of my mom and 'nee-chan, we were able to cram everything inside Rei (my car) with room to spare. Heh!
I doubt any of the hotels I'll be staying at will have internet, so I likely won't be back here at LJ or with email until the 11th, when the fios guys are supposed to hook me up. Five days without my internet...'twill be agony!!
Everyone, be well while I'm gone, and send me good vibes! Yahoo has me driving the entire length of Route 666. Hahhahahaha!!!
Gambarimashoooo!!!! XD
Everything's packed. It's very rare when I'm so busy I forget to eat, but that happened today. O.o My feet are killing me, espec the right one, around the screw I have on the outside edge.. Itetetetete.... =.=
The movers were supposed to call today and arrange when they will arrive tomorrow. They never called. I have a nasty suspicion they called my cell phone number, which I gave to my rep with the instructions to NOT call until they are ready to DELIVER my stuff in OREGON, since I don't have cell phone reception in my house and thus never have the phone turned on.
So I'm waking up tomorrow morning at 7:45 JIC they show up at 8.
I'm tired. I'm going to bed. After I pack my rice bowl, and move my Harry, and Ron/Hermoine standees into the car pile, since I forgot to include them in the huge poster cardboard package. *sigh* At least they'll lay flat in my trunk. (They're from the first movie. Benefits of being a Blockbuster employee. Heh. Dan is so cute....
And on that adorable note, I shall depart. I'll be back at least once before I leave on Sunday.
I'm about to upgrade to widescreen flat monitors for both Anthy and Utena. Why the spontaneous purchase? B/c I can't carry my two current 20 inch CTR boxes. HAHAHA! Oh, they don't weigh too much--barely. They're just the right combination of heavy and bulky-huge for me to drop them. And since all three of my comps are coming with me and Spicer-kitty in the car, and I will be unloading the car on my own...and the CTR boxes will take up the entire backseat...time to upgrade!! After all, who doesn't like dropping $500 on a whim??? Wheeee!!!
My "office equipement expenses" line on my '08 tax return will be immense next year. Anthy $400, Usagi $900, and now two new screens for Utena and Tsukushi at around $500. Heh.
I need to get my butt in gear and do some major packing. The movers will be picking up my stuff on the 4th.
13 days off left. Oh, and script and raw pages for Captive3 are here. Never a dull moment!! *frazzled laugh*
BTW, best wishes to everyone on my flist going back to class!
I finished Clay 13 yesterday.
I finished Naruto 38 today.
This means....WORK HELL IS OVERRRRR!!!!!!!!!! At least until the next session, of course. ^^;;
I still don't have the raw files for Honey 9, which means at the moment, all I have is Captive 1, Nana 15, and Skip 17. This is...truly wonderful....*eyes sparkle with joy* And it's not just b/c Work Hell is over!! I can use my new bits of spare time to PACK! And get MOVING COMPANY QUOTES! And SCROUNGE FOR APARTMENTS online! My mom, oneechan, and I already bought our plane tickets for my apartment quest in late July. And lined up a rental car!!!
KYAAAAA!!!! The goal is to move in to my new Portland home no later than September 1st. Heeeeeee! <3 <3 <3 (I really really hope I won't have to give up a volume of one of my shoujo titles to a substitute letterer to make it happen. At least Clay is safe, and I don't have any more Naruto books in line. The thought of letting anyone else touch my babies makes me snarl. *clutches Skip, Nana, Honey, and Captive to her bosom* Though if I have to throw one to the wolves, it would be Captive first, then Honey, then Nana. You are correct, Skip is not on that list.
But back into hyper mode!!! It feels great to finally be taking some real steps!!! KYAAA!!!!! *jumps up and down* OMG, I'd better get to work so can finish Captive 1 ASAP. Heeee!! XD
