SFO > Midwest
Hi everybody!!I've been on a whirlwind these last 24 hours! Trying to finish up things for clients before you take off on a trip is really hectic! And I'm not even done, I'm here at my Aunt's house trying to finish up some mockups that are due tomorrow. Silly me for making a deadline when I'm going to be away! But, I'm also the one who tries my hardest to stick to my word with my clients, hard as it may be at times, so such is life and I'm sure I'll get it done. Bummer is I only have 56K access right now. Agonizing! And HILARIOUSLY I'm using AOL. Thank god for those crappy ass free cd's laying around everywhere huh? I had picked one up about a month ago thinking it might come in handy somewhere along the line... I was trying to avoid it though as I dislike AOL severely... but hey - right now they're giving me some free hours, so that works!
While I'm at it though - does anyone have an access # for dial up should I get stuck in this position again? (eg that can dial/find numbers from anywhere in the country similar to aol) I know many of you are like "whats a modem?" but I need this and really would like to delete AOL off my computer forever. Then again, maybe you want to share an extra AOL screenname with me off your acct and I'll just use it whenever I may need this type of emergency access? :) please email me willo at willotoons dot com if you have this or recommend somewhere i can find it. in the meantime, please continue your rain (wi-fi access everywhere) dance rituals! :)
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So, after finishing up work for clients, I packed and got my house ready for Mr. Kazoo's lovely house sitter, Lucia. I'm soo delighted she can help watch him while I'm away!! I have been on a major traveling spree so far this year, huh? SD, SXSW (Austin TX), Coachella (Palm Desert, CA), Ohio, and now Indiana - woohoo! Next up Vegas and then a trip back to Colorado for a dear friend's wedding in October.
We were even thinking about going to Bali soon! Can you believe that? But we cancelled today. This trip was potentially for Sept, which is soon. And it's expensive, so we just decided to save up for a few more months - and then I hope we plan an overseas excursion!
Have I told you how much I love my honey? Oh man. If you only knew. It's pretty sick really unless you're madly in love with your honey too :) Me and my (newly engaged) girlfriend Renee are getting together to gush soon. haha Most of our single friends don't like to hear it - but when you're in this crazy bliss you just can't help but shout it from rooftops. I mean, I don't even totally like to do that because what we have is so special, but I think couples sometimes don't often enough and honestly it's neat to hear how lovely love can be. I'm just diving. in.
(yes, I'll stop the mush now)
Anyway - after getting everything packed, Ricky G came over and we had dinner and by midnight I had to hurry to be in bed eyes closed for my (gasp) 4:30am alarm to go off. Mark my words people unless it's a REALLY good trip, I am NEVER doing a 6:30am flight again. It's just crap - I'm a night owl!!!
So I of course layed in bed yelling in my head "Go to sleep dammit!" to no avail as my busy little mind went over "do I have everything?", "am I going to have any time to sleep AND work on this project tomorrow?" oy...
I think I probably drifted off to sleep maaaybe by 1-1:30 and tossed and turned in weird 1/2 sleep till the 4:30 alarm went off - and I opened my eyes like I'd just shut them 1 minute before. Still wide awake and unable to sleep. It's not like it's christmas morning or anything for criminey's sake!
Anyway - I got my arse to the airport and in the ridiculously long security line (for 5:30am) I ran into Kevin Smokler! It was good to see him, have a bagel and chat about music (even ripping his newest Polyphonic Spree CD, yay!), and life in the web world. He's a good guy.
Then as I hurried onto my plane (so glad it didn't leave without me!) I snuggled into my seat and thankfully dozed off for the entire length of the flight to Chicago! PHEW!!! Atleast I scored another 3 on top of my rough 3, totaling 6. I just might make it through the day without snapping someone's head off or passing out at the wheel.
My Mom & little sister flew in from Atlanta* at the very same time and we made our way through the Chicago airport to find eachother, rent our car & hit the road (aka the godfersaken toll roads with huuuge trucks on them - arrrg) But we made it!!!
*My Mom came from Atlanta because her & Haley went to Jacksonville, FL for a week - they're thinking of moving there!! Wow!
So yes, we're now here in my Mom's hometown: Warsaw, Indiana. Try not to be too jealous OK? :)
We've already had some yummy ice cream at the local custard stand and I've seen a bazillion fireflies. yay! I'm SUPER excited to be here with my Momma and little sister this weekend. My little sis & I have needed to bond big time (she's turning 13 soon... we're 16 years apart!!). Geekily fantastic we share the same love for our new mac products - we both have laptops and iPod's with us. hilarious, huh?
It's so great to see my Aunts/Uncles/Cousins/their kids - and the weekend ahead is chock full of so much more fun with the fam!
Anyway I've slacked long enough - I have to grab some screenshots of some websites to reference for this project & then I'm hopping off. Bye!
