I think it probably is a good idea to bring the comments on that paper to the attention of someone within the department. You know, once the term is over. Which it will be, in a week! Woo!

I have Big Fun Plans for fall break. They involve: 1. driving to see my mom’s side of the family, and 2. driving to see my dad’s side of the family. I can hardly contain myself! The first part of it will involve my first road trip ever, and certainly with my current car. I usually fly to DC, but due to a weird long story that involves a family wedding in Charlotte, I will be driving.

On the way up, I’ll be stopping off for a night and staying in some (probably, given my budget) roachy motel by myself. No matter, as long as it has cable! Housekeeping will have to throw me out bodily the next day, in fact, if the place has cable!

Ah, sweet sweet cable, it has been so long. (Two months.) The one crappy thing about living alone is not having anyone to split utilities with. I am going to watch Law & Order until the cows come home on this vacation. Also, I am going to force (even if bribery is necessary) my friends to go to the new Palace of Wonders club, which is basically a non-travelling carnival and medical oddities show. I am amazed that anything so macabre has sprung up in “Washington DC – grey suit capital of the world!", so I hope it survives. At least until I get there in a week.

I’ll be in the Suburban Vicinity for a week, and then back to Sav, with a stopover in Charlotte for that wedding. Then I will pick up Manfriend and we’ll be off to SmallTowne GA to visit my dad and stepmom. Yes, it’s the big “meet the parents” visit. I’ve never had one of these before, so the only thing I know to expect is the 1,854% chance that we’ll be staying in separate rooms.

Other than that, I’ve no idea what he and I will be doing there for roughly seventy-two hours. Probably getting down on some barbecue, so that I can become even freaking porkier (pun!) than I am already. Gah!

(I just went on the pill – can that be blamed for at least part of this??? Other girls, please tell me that’s it.)