Over the river and through the woods

Okay … who am I kidding. I live in North Dakota … there are no woods. Maybe some shelter belts or groves of trees, but no woods. I will be traveling over rivers … or one several times. And hopefully I’ll get to see Grandma. We usually go to visit her (along with others in the family) on Christmas day. But I’m not sure what the plan is for this year. She’s living in a health care facility (I think that’s what you’d call it) now. When I asked Mom what was going on the other day, she didn’t know. If there aren’t plans to take her over and have everyone get together at one of my uncle’s places, then I at least hope we go visit her for a couple hours. I have a present for her after all. I guess I’ll find out when I get home.

I’m heading home in the morning. I took tomorrow off of work so that I could drive home in the daylight. I didn’t want to have to drive after work (either today or tomorrow), especially after the last bout of snow that we got today. I’d like to actually be able to see the road surface. I don’t wanna be surprised by black ice or slush and end up in the ditch. I don’t think I’ll have to worry about slush though … it’s not warm enough to melt. The majority of my trip is on interstate, so the road surface *should* be okay. It’s that last leg that I’m worried about. I’ll have to check the road reports in the morning. I don’t have a set time to leave. That will depend on the road conditions. But I’d like to get out of town by no later than 10am. I’ll just have to wait and see.

I got the majority of my packing done tonite. The rest of the stuff I have will wait ’til morning. Stuff like my pillows and bathroom stuff will have to wait ’til I’m all ready in the morning. And the baked goodies and cheese ball/spread and other perishables will have to wait ’til right before I leave. I’ll toss all that stuff in my trunk. At least I don’t have to worry about it getting too warm and making that stuff unsafe to eat. LOL

I plan on coming back to town on Friday. I don’t have the work … they’re closed. But I do need to pick up my paycheck (unless direct deposit is in place by then :crossfingers: ). They do mail it out if you don’t pick it up by 4pm. But I’d rather get it Friday and get it in the bank that day then have to wait ’til (most likely) Monday to get it in the mail and then put it in the bank Monday nite, meaning the money wouldn’t be available ’til Tuesday.

I’m also thinking of stopping at Target to see what they have on clearance in regards to Christmas stuff (like wrapping paper, bows, lights, etc). I’m also thinking that I *will* get the iPod Touch that I’ve been wanting. I’d only have to pay around $150 or so (depending on how much tax is) after the $100 gift card I have from work. You can’t beat that deal. I’m just not sure if that’s a good idea though. In about 2 1/2 months, I could possibly (and probably will be) unemployed again. My contract at work is only for 3 months. There is a chance that it could turn into a permanent gig, but there’s no guarantee. I’m going with the assumption that it won’t be so that I’m not screwed when the 3 months is over and I don’t have any income source again. So I’m keeping an eye out for any opportunities. And if the gig does turn out to be permanent … GREAT. I just want to make sure all my bases are covered.

Now I REALLY need to get off of the computer. I told myself over an hour ago that I was banned from the computer for the rest of the nite. That didn’t go over very well … I’ve been on it ever since. :razz2: But now I really do need to get offline. Gonna crash on the couch for a little bit and then head off to bed so I can get up at a decent hour in the morning and head home.