True to the script!

It never fails. There are always a few things that happen right before we leave town - something needs to be repaired, the price of gas goes up, and I suddenly have no desire to pack. Yesterday was scene 1 and 2, scene 3 started today. Tomorrow afternoon we are hoping to skip town for nearly two weeks to visit DH's newly found family in Florida and then mine in Virginia.

It all started with a puddle around the toilet early yesterday. Its a really old toilet that was already on the list of things to be replaced. We were just hoping to do it when we remodeled the whole room. We know the plumbing is a mess, but the only access to it is a rather small hole in the floor. (Its a hole we added to the decor to retrieve the neighbor's puppies when we first moved in. Don't ask!) Anyhow, rather than it being a somewhat simple job of taking out the old and putting in the new, something had to break. Now we had a toilet with a cracked tank and a leaky pipe under the house. What fun. And of course, as of yet, no one thought to put a shut off to this toilet, so the whole house was without water. Oh joy. So, the leak has been fixed and new shut off valve installed and as I type the old toilet is being removed. Stay tuned since that script hasn't been written in stone yet and the new toilet is still in the hallway.

Scene 2 involved the price of gas. It has been slowly dropping around here for a few months, but yesterday I noticed it jumped 9 cents. Not a really big deal as we have all been experiencing these exorbitant prices and lately they have been on the low side, but still --- we will be driving over 2500 miles between now and the new year. Why not continue to drop? Cuz gas prices always go up before a trip.

Scene 3 is my desire to pack. I am always ready to leave a week too early. For nearly 2 weeks this time! But as of this morning I don't want to do anything. I have to start packing today. I have to finish up miscellaneous bead orders, clean LOTS of beads, blah, blah, blah and all I want to do is snuggle with my buddy, Elijah. I have managed to procrastinate a bit and be productive by posting this, but its has only delayed the inevitable by a 1/4 of an hour or so. So, I am off to finish off the last few loads of laundry, haul out the luggage, and gather all the goods that will be traveling with us.

The next update will probably be from somewhere south of here.....