Hit It
“It’s a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.”
— The Blues Brothers
(Titania was in a “blue” mood)
I would love to leave this messy, half-packed house behind for a week and hit the road with my husband and the kids. Would love that. Maybe the carpet guys will come over and move all the furniture for us and we can go? (We’re getting new carpet this weekend! Not for us — for whoever we sell the place to. So they can say, “Jeez-US! This carpet is ugly — who would pick this color?” It’s kind of a taupe, kinda wheat color? Neutral but not boring.) Then they will spend much $$$ tearing out carpet and putting in laminates. Or hardwoods, if they have that kind of cash. Or maybe under the plywood upstairs they will find… oak!
(They can dream, can’t they?)
Even more than the carpet situation, the carpet situation which is going to consume our entire weekend and on into next week, this fantasy hinges on us having enough cash to do what we want, where we want, without having to worry about work, vacation time, depleted PTO, kids who are in school. And you my dear, beloved readers, would say something like “Girl disappeared! Huh. She’ll be back later…” so I wouldn’t have Blog Guilt. (Those of you who blog, do you have guilt for not updating? I do, sometimes.)
Top Picks if We Were to Pack Up and Go Right This Minute:
* Disneyland!
* Vancouver, B.C.
* to see the grandparents, first in Denver, Colo., then in Iowa City, Ia.
* MEMPHIS!
* New. York. City!
* Kelowna, B.C., sez Hockey God
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How about Pittsburgh?????
November 2nd, 2007 | #
And Pittsburgh, Mia! We could catch a Penguins game.
November 2nd, 2007 | #
I will meet you in Disneyland. Its a hella lot of fun!
November 2nd, 2007 | #
Hmm, sounds like what’s happening to my pardon-my-french car. Fix a bunch of stuff so I can sell it. Maybe when it’s all fixed, I’ll want to keep it! NOT!
November 3rd, 2007 | #