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I haven't' felt too inspired to write. I'm stressed and aggravated over work, as usual. We are going to the mountains in less than 2 weeks, and I'm stressing over everything we have to get done.

Here's my list, since all I have at this point is a mental one:

• Buy trailer hitch so we can attach bike rack to it - DONE
• Install trailer hitch (or rather, help Jon install it ;-) ) - DONE
• Install window deflectors (something I've been meaning to do for close to 2 months) - waiting until we get back because the windows have to stay shut for 72 hours. I don't want to NOT be able to open my windows...
• Get both cats all their yearly shots - DONE
• Make reservation for boarding both cats - DONE
• Call boarding place to make sure we get the right shots and get prices - DONE (we will get the quote for cost of boarding when we visit the place on Saturday.)
• Go tour boarding place to make sure we want to leave our furbabies with them - DONE
• Go shopping to get trip necessities - DONE
• Buy bike locks for Jon and me, as well as a mini tire inflator to hook to my bike at Target - DONE
• Fill windshield washer reservoir - DONE
• Make appointment to get Jon's truck tuned and windshield replaced while we are gone - DONE (at least I think thats what this scribbled note in front of me means...)
• Take Jon's truck to the dealership, which is a 60 mile round trip - DONE
• Call and make appointment for a quote on the installation of the drop ceiling in the basement - DONE
• Check oil and tires - DONE
• Clean the outside of my car - DONE
• Clean the inside of my car - DONE
• Empty camera card and charge batteries - DONE
• Get caught up at work and get all the plans out that are piling up in my chair - DONE

I can't think of anything else right now off the top of my head. All I know is that I am really feeling frazzled and that I've left everything to the last minute. It all started last Monday when they called me in on my Monday off, and was compounded by all the extra hours I had to work last week. I was supposed to work this coming Monday (my next day off) to make up for one day during the week I would be gone, but I'm seriously considering taking it off and dealing with using more PTO. I need a break, or something.

Oh, and get this. I worked 16.5 hours of overtime last week, including Sunday morning. They probably aren't going to pay us overtime, or compensate us with extra PTO. Oh the joys of being a salaried employee!

As an update to the flood. We didn't have water for 3.5 days. By the time our water came back on (6PM Wednesday evening), I was a pro at washing my hair with 2 gallon jugs of water. Jon bought a camp shower so we were a little cleaner than we would have been had we just been doing a spit bath, but you can only get so clean with the watering can-esque shower head on that thing. There was 157 road washed out in the county, and we are still basically marooned at our house. There is only one route open into town for the ENTIRE south county. Yeah, the little 2 lane road of Hwy 5 can't handle interstate traffic volumes. Needless to say, my typical 15 minute commute to work now takes me 50 minutes. Splendid.