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Thankfully Dad was in the cities yesterday so he picked me up after work and drove me to Willmar to buy my "new" Taurus. It's taking a little getting used to as it's so much bigger than my little Honda, but I think it's going to be nice to have for a while. No more stuffing four people in a car built to comfortably seat two. I cleaned out most of my car tonight to get it ready to be towed, which was really hard to do. I can't believe how attached I've become to a car. This is crazy. :P

I'm really worn out and so glad that tomorrow's Friday. I have to go in to work early a couple of days next week as well, but it won't be consistent nights of seven or less hours of sleep. The Sasha/Digweed show is this weekend, too! We've been waiting to see these guys for so long.

Well, the car hunt was looking dreary, but after speaking to Dad this afternoon I feel a lot better about it. If I can ever get ahold of this guy to look at a Honda Civic, I'm going to tomorrow or Thursday, but otherwise, there is a Ford Taurus with my name written on it waiting in Willmar. Not my absolute first choice for a car, exactly, but it will be roomy and sounds like it has several good features. Most importantly, it runs well and will be cheap to maintain (so I can theoretically save up for a down payment in a year or two). Hopefully I'll know more tomorrow.

The weather here is absolutely nuts for the middle of April. I stepped off the plane last night to find it had been 90 degrees here in the afternoon and was still pretty close to that. So much for those long sleeves and the sweater I had with me in preparation to return to cold and rain like I had left on Thursday. :P Today was similar, 85 or so, and kind of hazy. It feels like the middle of July. One saving grace is that it's windy as can be and looks like we're going to get hit with a decent storm tonight. Ahhhh, Minnesota weather.

Reality was painful to face at 6am this morning when the alarm clock started beeping, but I only have three days more to this week and can see the light at the end of the tunnel of insanity I'm in for the moment.

Do I really have to go back to reality at 7am tomorrow morning?! Just got back from CA and what a fun weekend! Friday was pretty uneventful, Saturday was a jam packed adventure to San Francisco, and Sunday was spent lounging around in the sunny 80 degree weather, playing games and out and out relaxing. I took a couple rolls of pictures and will post them and probably a longer entry about the trip later this week. For now, I need to rest up to begin another busy week of work and car hunting. G'nite. :o)

I left Matt and Ben this morning at the airport security check and began a pretty crazy day. Had an appointment to get my car appraised after getting the back end smucked in an accident last week. The other girl's insurance company wants to total it so as of next week it will no longer be mine and in the meantime I need to frantically search for something good for $1500. If anyone knows anyone that's selling something cheap and reliable, please lemme know! I will miss my cute little green Honda. It's the only car I've owned and I've been driving it since I was 15. It's been very good to me and is fun to drive. I think I've been reading too many car ads today; I'm starting to sound like them.

In 48 hours I will be a couple thousand miles away and back in my baby's arms. I have to get through a long day tomorrow at work, do some packing, and hopefully get to bed early, get up for another early work day and leave at second break to head to the airport and off to Stockton, CA. I'm so anxious to step off that plane and into Matt's arms and a FUN weekend in Stockton and San Francisco! I'm hoping to see Alcatraz, THE bridge, the ocean again, and so many of the other neat aspects of the area that I've heard about.

I'm a very happy camper. I have a few hurdles to jump in the near future with my car and finances, but things at work are going so smoothly and I am deeply and happily in love. Five months ago I had no idea I'd be in such a wonderful place now.