Random Thoughts

I'm going out of town tomorrow, over to the ocean! I love the ocean. I'm even staying overnight, which has me excited, but nervous for some reason. My kid has been away from me for long periods of time, and overnight at friends' house. Maybe it's that I'm leaving him with Ben and I'm worried that I'm asking too much? I don't even know. Maybe I'm just nervous to be so far away. Even when Derek is in Portland, that's only a couple hours away. I have to get clothes ready still. I'm not sure what all I should bring. Shorts, and maybe pants? The weather might be very cold over there. Won't matter, I'm going to go in the ocean, so maybe shorts on the way up or something. I don't even know what to expect besides fun, hopefully lots of fun. Maybe that's my problem. I'm being too much of a control freak and I can't plan everything. I'm so damn rigid sometimes. I bought a new memory card for my camera, so there will be room ...

My sisters say that they are coming down at the end of February! So much closer than I thought. This is awesome. I'm so freaking excited and having visions of a week long girly slumber party, though that might be a little extreme. Now I'm just trying to figure out how much vacation I actually have. And when I can use it, and how they are getting here and how many. I'm totally not gonna have enough couches, but people are gonna have to deal. They can just suck it up. And maybe they are planning on a hotel, I have no idea. I don't care, I'm just SO excited. ALL MY SISTERS! And maybe my brother and littlest sister. I dunno yet. I'm verifying. Also, my taxes were accepted today, the IRS doesn't show them yet, but probably will soon. It actually looks like my impulsive spending for Christmas isn't going to totally screw me. Which is pretty exciting, really. While I'm getting $25.00 more than last year, I am spending $31 more on the State taxes, so I guess...