T13 Woopsie

1. My whole purpose for starting to do the Thursday 13 was to be more diligent about blogging. Again, blogging is a form of therapy for me and I enjoy it, so I should be doing it more. I spaced this week on Thursday. So, today we do T13 on Saturday.

2. Thanks to Cathleen and the other lady (sorry, spaced on her name) who are tried and true Army moving pros. They let me know that it is OK for me to not have everything organized and perfectly clean and wonderful for the packers. After all, they are packers and packing is what they do. Apparently, there are Army peeps who have had packers pack dirty dishes for a move, garbage cans full of trash, and all kinds of things I would never dream of packing. Apparently my "worst" is someone else's "best." I find this incredibly disturbing and disgusting. But, thanks to the ladies, I will not spend tomorrow wigging out about my imperfections as I have for the last four days (or more, I forget). I am just going to clear out the bedroom with the stuff we will be transporting and mark the room for them to not pack it, rifle through my closet for anything I might have missed, pack up our medicine cabinet, pack our suitcases and wait for the movers to come. I swear, God must have known I needed these ladies to give me the rundown because I have been working my nalgas to the bone.

3. I was reminded tonight that FRGs are both necessary and mind-numbingly retarded at the same time.

4. During one of my chemical meltdowns today my bed became the launching pad for ten tons of mish-mashed crap. What do you think the odds are that I will be sleeping on my bed tonight?

5. Terry (my friend's son) qualified for the National Junior Olympic Team Qualifying in Greensboro, NC today at the Regional Qualifier (which is the event both my kids had qualified for). We may be housing six house guests the weekend after we move into our new apartment if the entire family comes along. Five of the guests are the Oakleys and the other is the throwing coach. I guess I'm gonna be getting a move on once we land in SC! Actually, I am excited about this.

6. I still have three loads of laundry on the line right now. That means I have to get them down, get them put away and put the load in the washer out before I can sleep wherever I am going to sleep tonight.

7. I told Travis last night that I would see him in a week. This is highly exciting to me. I hope it is highly exciting for you too. If not, oh well.

8. The Chihuahuas are freaking out. Their house is upside down and their kennels got moved to the no-pack room today. They are not adjusting well. I hope they get the hang of it on the other end.

9. Amanda came to me today and asked me what to do with the, "...stuff in this box?" It was a Motorola Star-Tac box which was housing our first six or seven cell phones. For some reason, I told her to keep them. I have no idea why and no idea what the heck we are going to do with them, but whatever.

10. You should try the Kettle Chips Cracked Black Pepper and Sea Salt chips I had @ CG's house tonight. Holy crap, they is good!

11. I also highly recommend the Asian slaw thingie the lady who was telling me about moving made. No, I don't have the recipe, but it was good. I mean good! Napa cabbage (shredded), scads of green onions, buttered and baked ramen noodles and almond slivers tossed with a sweet white wine vinegar dressing. I could have eaten the whole bowl of it. I was ticked I ate a hamburger before-hand because it filled me up.

12. My truck has been acting up again. Different problem than I fixed last week. I think this might be the alternator. I can't fix that. Anyone up for the happy truck prayer?

13. I sleepy