I’m tired. Best laid plans were thwarted and I wasn’t able to write my regular post for today, as chaos continued with the emotional house guest needing to talk for hours about what’s going on with their marriage, or as of yesterday, the end of it. Last-minute errands needed to be taken care of before we head out on vacation this weekend.
One of which was finally making time to go into the DMV to renew my drivers license – which expired back in December on my birthday. Ahem. I did renew it online back in December, but I just never made the time to deal with the chaos of the DMV to get my picture taken and be done with it. I figured I’d better not tempt fate by only have the paper showing it’s been renewed in case I get pulled over on our road trip to Iowa. Better safe than sorry.
Another errand involved complications with Wal*Mart’s new cash registers (they’re apparently redoing the entire store…they started off with new shopping carts and new cash registers.) The new cash register double-dinged my PayPal card for $100 and still showed a funky error they couldn’t figure out, so I told them to negate the entire transaction and I left the full shopping cart of stuff for them to put away. Luckily PayPal wiped out the bogus Wal*Mart transactions and gave me my money back. So tomorrow I’ll (reluctantly) go back, armed with cash instead – don’t need to have a déjà vu moment.
I’m running on fumes. I’ve had very little sleep all week, and now my plans to not go anywhere tomorrow, have some fun and play catch up on my blog reading have been thwarted by the Wal*Mart fiasco of today and the fact that I really need to bottle some wine before we leave. Not because it can’t wait until we get back, but after this week, I plan on taking lots of it with me to enjoy whilst on vacation.
The next two days will be a flurry of activity to finish all the laundry of the clothing we’ll be packing, the attempt to not over-pack for the two weeks we’ll be gone, and try to reduce the ever growing mess of ‘stuff’ that never ends with the tornado that is Princess Nagger.
I’m waving a white flag.
So, all my wonderful lovely bloggy friends – I will be offline for the most part until next week. I do plan to do some posting and blog hopping while we’re hanging out in Corn Country over the next two weeks, but I don’t want to be a rude guest to my darling sister, so I’ll steal some moments here and there randomly – when you least expect it. Probably with pictures like this:
Unless we find out if the University of Iowa has some sort of tourist trap mode of viewing their Paleontology Repository. That would definitely be Princess Nagger’s first choice. This vacation is so needed right now, and I plan to relish every moment of it! See you on the flip side! Or somewhere in the middle.
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I’m sorry for your friend. I know I did the same thing to my friends. It’s tough. There is a fine line b/w talking with a friend and turning them into your therapist.
On another note, have a great time and try to get some shut eye.
Sorry about that mess up at the store. I know I would be upset! I am going to Florida for 3 weeks to help my dad so I won’t be posting much either.
I am not packed yet, I hate packing and always overpack. I know I can wash my clothes each week yet I still do a horrible job and take too much!
Have a wonderful, fun and safe vacation.
Oh, good heavens, you poor thing! Get some rest, enjoy your vacation and email me the route you plan on taking home. 😉
Life is keeping you jumping!
I hope you enjoy your vacation and you get to enjoy some of your wine! Martha would like you to read ..Friday Fragments
Well you do have a lot going on. Grr, Walmart. I can’t bear to shop at the one here, even though it’s way cheaper. The people are just too rude and it’s claustrophobic.
You are a good friend to support your friend right now. I hope you get off to the vacation on time and have a safe journey to Iowa and lots of fun visiting with your sister. TechnoBabe would like you to read ..He Always Wanted To Be A Father
Good lord! Good luck getting all the stuff done. You’ll need a vacation just from the prep at this point.
And if you happen to past close to Cleveland on your travels, shoot me an e-mail. We could meet up for a few minutes and give PN some time out of the car! Mama Badger would like you to read ..Father’s Day- A Pictoral Tribute to PB
Shopping a Walmart- easy…checking out of WalMart – impossible!
Have a great time! I can’t wait to see pictures 🙂 Kathy would like you to read ..Baby it’s hot outside
Sounds like a lot going on. Hope you can enjoy your time relaxing.
Have a great time! I hope things slow down for you and you can relax.
I hate days like this! Hope today is better!
Wishing you and yours a fantastic vacation! The Urban Cowboy would like you to read ..Spreading the Love
Have a wonderful time, enjoy your family, some wine and rest 😉 steven anthony would like you to read ..Friday Phone call
That Walmart fiasco would make me really need a vacation. I hope you have a fabulous one!
I hope you have a wonderful time. I was feeling really guilty about not renewing my license since it expired back in January so thank you for that extra month! Jen would like you to read ..It’s Sorta Like The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Well, you have a fantastic trip, and try not to do so much work because I see you’re doing it all now! Whoosh! You’ll deserve that glass of wine when you finally get around to it! Have fun! Be safe! Xmasdolly would like you to read ..FOLLOW ME BACK TUESDAY!
Very interesting blog. I really enjoyed it.
Even the letters DMV give me chills… I’ve moved so much across borders and states that I’ve had to actually retake the road test to renew my license more than once. Being tested on parallel parking when you’re 32 is no picnic! parenting ad absurdum would like you to read ..Outrageous lies we tell our children
enjoy your vacation!
sounds like you need one about as much as i do! jaime would like you to read ..Love Triangle
Have fun, Stacy! Enjoy the time off from the blog world!
Life occasionally has a way of interrupting, doesn’t it? Hope you have a wonderful vacation. Look forward to some cornfield pics, breaks up the monotony of all the palm trees around here. 😉
Oh my, I had one of those guests during my first pregnancy. It can be so emotionally exhausting…everything gets dumped onto you!
So sad about your friend and I will say a prayer for both of them in 2 minutes. I’ll also pray that this is a wonderfully-fun-and-relaxing week for you! XO! Dina would like you to read ..Sunday in my vacation city
I love your new blog name! I haven’t visited you in a while! We just returned from Iowa…my dad lives there, and I love it! Have a great trip!
Ginny Marie would like you to read ..Mommy’s Piggy Tales: First Grade, a New Addition, and the Bicentennial
I’m sorry for your friend. I know I did the same thing to my friends. It’s tough. There is a fine line b/w talking with a friend and turning them into your therapist.
On another note, have a great time and try to get some shut eye.
Sorry about that mess up at the store. I know I would be upset! I am going to Florida for 3 weeks to help my dad so I won’t be posting much either.
I am not packed yet, I hate packing and always overpack. I know I can wash my clothes each week yet I still do a horrible job and take too much!
Have a wonderful, fun and safe vacation.
Oh, good heavens, you poor thing! Get some rest, enjoy your vacation and email me the route you plan on taking home. 😉
Life is keeping you jumping!
I hope you enjoy your vacation and you get to enjoy some of your wine!
Martha would like you to read ..Friday Fragments
Well you do have a lot going on. Grr, Walmart. I can’t bear to shop at the one here, even though it’s way cheaper. The people are just too rude and it’s claustrophobic.
Hope your friend feels a bit better about the situation soon. Glad you were there to help her.
Casey would like you to read ..Random Wednesday Thoughts: Your Love Is Like Bad Underwear
You are a good friend to support your friend right now. I hope you get off to the vacation on time and have a safe journey to Iowa and lots of fun visiting with your sister.
TechnoBabe would like you to read ..He Always Wanted To Be A Father
Good lord! Good luck getting all the stuff done. You’ll need a vacation just from the prep at this point.
And if you happen to past close to Cleveland on your travels, shoot me an e-mail. We could meet up for a few minutes and give PN some time out of the car!
Mama Badger would like you to read ..Father’s Day- A Pictoral Tribute to PB
Shopping a Walmart- easy…checking out of WalMart – impossible!
Have a great time! I can’t wait to see pictures 🙂
Kathy would like you to read ..Baby it’s hot outside
Sounds like a lot going on. Hope you can enjoy your time relaxing.
Have a great time! I hope things slow down for you and you can relax.
I hate days like this! Hope today is better!
Wishing you and yours a fantastic vacation!
The Urban Cowboy would like you to read ..Spreading the Love
Have a wonderful time, enjoy your family, some wine and rest 😉
steven anthony would like you to read ..Friday Phone call
That Walmart fiasco would make me really need a vacation. I hope you have a fabulous one!
I hope you have a wonderful time. I was feeling really guilty about not renewing my license since it expired back in January so thank you for that extra month!
Jen would like you to read ..It’s Sorta Like The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Well, you have a fantastic trip, and try not to do so much work because I see you’re doing it all now! Whoosh! You’ll deserve that glass of wine when you finally get around to it! Have fun! Be safe!
Xmasdolly would like you to read ..FOLLOW ME BACK TUESDAY!
Very interesting blog. I really enjoyed it.
Even the letters DMV give me chills… I’ve moved so much across borders and states that I’ve had to actually retake the road test to renew my license more than once. Being tested on parallel parking when you’re 32 is no picnic!
parenting ad absurdum would like you to read ..Outrageous lies we tell our children
enjoy your vacation!
sounds like you need one about as much as i do!
jaime would like you to read ..Love Triangle
Have fun, Stacy! Enjoy the time off from the blog world!
Life occasionally has a way of interrupting, doesn’t it? Hope you have a wonderful vacation. Look forward to some cornfield pics, breaks up the monotony of all the palm trees around here. 😉
Your friend is lucky to have a space to crash while she sorts stuff out.
Mrsbear would like you to read ..Swim- Little Fish- but Tell Mom to Keep Her Shirt On
Oh my, I had one of those guests during my first pregnancy. It can be so emotionally exhausting…everything gets dumped onto you!
So sad about your friend and I will say a prayer for both of them in 2 minutes. I’ll also pray that this is a wonderfully-fun-and-relaxing week for you! XO!
Dina would like you to read ..Sunday in my vacation city
Since you’re probably on the road now, I hope you have a great time and let me be the first to say “Are we there yet?”
Sprite’s Keeper would like you to read ..Spin Cycle- Father Knows Best And when to call a plumber