Domestic Geek

I finally got around to uploading all the vacation pictures in the Tennessee Vacation 2004 Photo Album. I don't know if they're interesting to anybody but me, but hey, check them out if you want to. Captions will come later as I get time.

I found some Dill Flavored Sunflower seeds while travelling through Kansas. They sounded kind of gross and I passed on buying some as we headed east. On the way back, however, I decided to grab a bag to try and they're actually pretty good. Of course, they're made by the Spitz company and I already am addicted to their Seasoned Seeds and their pumpkin seeds are pretty decent.

Current mood: excited
Today was my first day back at school after the whole leave of absence thing. It felt really good to be around my old friends again. I really missed being there. I'm taking one class this 10 weeks because of my transfer credits. It's called Personal Communication and meets every Wednesday. The teacher seems to be awesome.

The horrible realization hit me, when I saw the notice on the door, that the art show is next week and I have to do my portfolio presentation. Dang, where did the time go since last year's art show? Submissions are also due on Monday and I had all these plans of things I was going to do for entries. *sigh* The accident took care of that. Maybe next year. I have to be more concerned with getting my work caught up that I missed.

Being away from work was really good for my back and my stress level. I've really got to make an effort to take vacations more often.

I had all these things I wanted to say about my trip, but danged if I can remember any of them right at the moment. I hate it when that happens. Maybe I'll remember them at work in the morning and I'll make notes. Oh, well.

On that note, I guess I had better get to bed so I can get up in a few hours. I've vowed to myself that I will do everything in my power to never actually see my boss again (I loathe him that much right now). I also need to get my desktop Windows box going again tomorrow. I put the OS on a separate hard drive and now I need to reload all my programs. Fun stuff.

G'night!

*lyric from Grease II

Will write more about the trip tomorrow after work. I uploaded the post I made earlier that wouldn't take. Read "Trip to Tennessee: Days 4 through 6" for the entire post.

Today was a nice, relaxing day. Marcus' dad made us french toast for breakfast. I still couldn't make my post this morning. I wonder what is wrong with MT that I can't make my long post. Weird. So, I went out exploring Clarksville. I went to a scrapbook store, a quilting shop and Hobby Lobby. I stopped at bp to buy a Powerball ticket ($215 million jackpot) and was going to grab a 12-pack of Coke, but they cost $4.29 there! I don't need Coke that bad. After returning to the house, we all chatted and I did my laundry so that I'll have clean clothes for the trek home. We had a yummy BBQ dinner out on their deck for dinner. I just got through packing all my clean clothes in my suitcase.

This will probably be my last post from the road as tomorrow we're heading for Lamberts in Sikeston, MO and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home in Mansfield, MO. We'll find a hotel to stay in somewhere when it gets dark (that probably won't have Internet access) and we should be back in Denver on Monday. Marcus and I both have to work on Tuesday. Booooooooooo! Oh, well.