random sunday night post...

i am sitting here watching national lampoon's christmas vacation as i felt the need to give a little update about what's going on... (i was inspired by amy's post and it's been a while)

*i leave the northwest in about a week... next monday morning... but the good news is, i don't have to drive alone... my mom, who is amazing, is paying for a friend of mine to fly back after riding with me to tennessee...

*i can't get my cd drive on my laptop to work... it ticks me off that i couldn't get a new computer while i'm still here because of the dumb towing incident... my laptop definitely needs to be replaced... it works, but i don't know how much longer it's going to hold out... i am not replacing the cd/dvd drive - i've already had to replace the hard drive... i need to change subjects...

*i talked to a friend today and told her about the furniture i needed to get rid of... her brother is moving and needs all of it... i am officially done trying to get rid of furniture, which is amazing!!!

*i went to a great thai restaurant for lunch today with friends... i've wanted to eat there for about a year and a half, if not longer than that... it was good... then, afterward, we went shopping... by the time we got to the shop, it was snowing... the big flakes... we shopped for 10 minutes, went outside and took a picture... and then, rather than going home (which i should have done), i went to go have coffee and look at books at powell's books... we were there for a while... and then we went to walk around in the snow... because it was fun... i left to go home about 3:45... it usually takes me about 15-20 minutes to get home... today it took me two hours - combination of slick roads and holiday shopping traffic... but it snowed today!!!

*the weather is kind of crazy... some freezing rain... there's a tiny possibility i won't have to work tomorrow... i'm trying not to hope/wish too hard... i would love an extra day of the weekend, even though i have so much to do at work this week...

*i haven't really started packing... this week is going to be the craziest week ever

*i got a ton of christmas shopping done... all i have left is part of mom's, erin and alyssa...

i'll post pictures of the snow from today soon... they're fun pictures!!! it was really beautiful!

i can't think of anything else right off the top of my head tonight... and i need to proof the paper and clean a little bit, in case i do have to work tomorrow... and then i'm getting some sleep!!!