plans

today is a day for doing the laundry and washing the dishes. i'm making my preparations for my trip out to tennessee. clean underwear and that whole bit. i have to decide what books to take, what projects to bring on the plane, a whole wealth of little things to decide upon. tomorrow is pay day and i need a few tubes of gouache and a big tube to transport big paper in. i need to buy that anti-flea juice for inga so that it's here while i'm gone. one less errand for my sweetie to run. and then of course there's the problem of fashion- a whole different climate. word on the phone-line is that it is cold, cold, cold out there. some snow on the ground too. my sequined shoes are not optimal. maybe this is my excuse to go ahead and buy those yellow rubber rain boots i've so desired for so so long. :) and i am printing out the photo references i'll need and font patterns for cross-stitching and poems i need to keep working on. i'll be gone two weeks and i leave in two days, bright and early sunday morning. it's hard to know what i'll need. and i haven't been away from my sweetheart for so long in years and i've never been away from my baby girl dog like this. but i'm bringing my running shoes and will use the old pick-up truck to trip a mile so i can run run run and keep track of the distance and keep track of my focus and keep a high, bright spirit. my trusty hot pink sports bra is tumbling around in the dryer as we speak. i'm very much looking forward to waking up to my mama and morning coffee and conversation and an icy landscape. i'm looking forward to taking pictures, a practice i've not taken part in really for a couple years ever since reading susan sontag. ha! maybe i'll buy some black and white ilford for my minolta while i'm at it. and tonight at 9, i'll be shutting my shop down so if there's anything in there that is a must-have, grab it now and i'll ship it tomorrow. and there are checks to write and stuff in envelopes and stamps to put on those envelopes. prepare, prepare, prepare. i don't want any nagging thoughts or worries of things i forgot to take care of while i'm away.