what happens until May 11?

[juldea]

So, it's decided. I leave Norman on May 11th for my grand Boston adventure. I will do the trip in a couple different segments, possibly staying with Rachel's family in St. Louis, definitely staying with Antonio (Olfin on 3k) in Columbus, maybe my cousin in Baltimore or someone in that area (southeast New England I guess), and then up to Jason's parents' house in Brockton, MA. The plan from then on out (although not discussed yet with Adriana) is to stay half the week at the Foley's and half the week with Adriana until June, when I can move into her apartment.

That means that the goodbye dinner party (as I'm calling it) is May 10th. Write it down now, because I want it to be important. For some people, it'll be the last time I see them for an undecided amount of time. Even now that makes me very sad.

Until then, I need to buckle down.

I realized today after sleeping through the afternoon that I have gotten more and more lax about going to work in the mornings. 8 turned into 9, and 9 into 9:30. "On time" became very relative. Also, just going in to work has been less and less important over the past few months. I have been calling in mornings with reasons, yes, but the reasons have become weaker and weaker and more things that could've been avoided with more thought and planning.

Tomorrow, I am going to tell Margaret (my boss at Saxon) this. I'm going to tell her that I realized I've started getting too lazy about work, and that until the 10th I plan on trying as hard as possible to be at work on time every day. Not only is some weird work ethic inside of me coming out, but I need the money.

That's another thing. Purchases. No more damned clothing! Or underwear. Or anything that's not important. So far important means computer things (memory, sound card, surge protector, mouse/keyboard), doctor's visits, food, cat food and litter, maybe a book or two... Nothing superfluous.

I am not planning on getting new contacts after my current ones wear out. I have glasses that work fine; I've actually been wearing them for most of the road trip, because my eyes are happier with me when I drive with glasses than with contacts. Contacts are very expensive, and until I have the money to justify them, I'm a glasses-girl.

I'm not sure if I had anything more to say referring to my plans. I don't have my excel budget on this computer, it'll have to wait until tomorrow (er, today) when I'm at work to transfer it over. That might be a scary thing to see. I should've kept it with me during the road trip, because I might've spent money on that which I needed for bills later this month. I've already worked into that budget the missing amounts on paychecks because of simply taking this road trip in the first place...

Well, if I'm going to start being a good kid and getting to work at 9 (starting small, 9 first, then 8:30, then 8 - baby steps), I should get to bed now. My bed has a bedskirt for the first time ever, and a new comforter and new pillowcases (as soon as I steal my pillows back from Penny, asleep on the couch).

Thanks for your time. :)