Next week's itenerary

Friday, June 3o

• Work from 8-5.
• Drive like a mad-woman home from work and pack Jeep for trip.
• Get on the road to Ohio by 6:00 pm
• Drive all night long

Saturday, July 1

• Arrive at grandparents house about 4 am
• Visit/talk/chit-chat for about an hour.
• Go to bed at 5 am and get up at 7 am
• Go to Cedar Point and wear yourself out even more all day.
• (Warn family that you will be very crazy and potentially dangerous operating on 2 hours sleep in 48 hours!)

July 2-4--Just relax and have fun with the family.

Wednesday, July 5

• Drive back to South Carolina from Ohio.
• Unpack, do laundry, and repack for next trip.

Thursday, July 6

• Work from 8-5 (and fix all the problems from my absence!).
• Leave straight from work and go to the airport.
• Fly out to San Antonio at 6:30 pm.
• Visit with friends, play with the kids, and go to bed!

Friday, July 7

• Interview at 10:00 am.
• Go looking at apartments all afternoon.

Saturday, July 8

• Get packed and ready to go back home
• Fly back to Columbia. Land at 10:55 pm.
• Drive home and then crash for 6 hours!!!!!!!

Sound like fun? woo-hoo.... I'll be in 3 states in 3 days... (well, more if you count the ones I drive through!) I might start to feel important or something! ha ha. NO seriously, I just wanted to post this so you all could pray for strength, safety, and energy in the next week for me. Thanks.

!! IMPORTANT MEMO!!

M E M O R A N D U M

TO: All Kristi's Korner readers, whether great or small, faithful or slack, comment-proficient or silent

FROM: The personal assistant to Miss Kristi R. Reese

DATE: June 6, 2006

SUBJECT: June and July elusiveness (thank you Katie, for adding that great word to my vocabulary.)


WHEREAS there are heaps and heaps of work stacked from floor to ceiling all around her office due to the nearing of the fiscal year end,

WHEREAS she is the only one here at the office processing all this work, and answering hundreds of questions every day, and trying to balance out 130+ state agencies' books,

WHEREAS she has now gone incognito in a little office somewhere as a state accountant instead of the professional blogger that she is,

WHEREAS in her free time away from work she must sort through her life and decide which things to throw away, which things to pack for her move; and also sort through all sorts of unwanted and ridiculous emotions from time to time, she

THEREFORE reluctantly declares an official break from blogging during the months of June and July. She may show up randomly at your blogs from time to time, but as Katie pointed out in her last comment, she is oh so elusive--you will not be able to track her down. Enjoy the break. Don't forget to come back later.


Sincerely,
The support staff for
Kristi R. Reese

PS: June 21 is her birthday, so if you happen to come by on that day, please leave all kinds of fun stuff and messages, and ecards, and whatever birthday wishes you deem appropriate. =)

I _____ :

Kc, Nan, and Green all had posted this recently. For lack of anything better (or rather the time to put real thought into a decent post), I decided to fill out this fun list. Feel free to borrow and do it yourself as well.

I AM: glad it's Friday!

I SAID: I don't like repeating myself.

I WANT: college football to hurry up and start.

I WISH: you didn't have to see my bad side so much

I MISS: hanging out with friends

I HEAR: thunder

I WONDER: about my future.

I REGRET: not getting a 4-year degree

I AM NOT: going to let you get me down

I DANCE: only when completely alone or else completely wound up

I SING: along to the radio a lot.

I CRY: any time I see a grown man cry.

I AM NOT ALWAYS: thoughtful of others.

I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: DEE-li-cious chocolate chip cookies

I WRITE: poetrty in order to sort through my feelings

I CONFUSE: myself by being too analytical

I NEED: a good massage

I SHOULD: be working right now.

I START: projects all gung-ho and then fizzle out fast

I FINISH: my laundry way past time when I should.

I LOVE: God, America, my family, my friends, and on and on I could go.

I TAG: anyone who wants to do this.

Kristi's Adventures at the Gas Pump

I had to get gas yesterday. So, I got off the exit where it's always the cheapest. Now, granted, sometimes I have to wait in line, but I figure paying $2.49 and having to wait a little is better than paying $2.63 or $2.69 elsewhere. So, I got in line. I was the only car in line for pump #4, and I think it was pretty obvious that I was waiting. Well, in comes this tiny little sports car and jumps right in front of me and pulls up to the pump as the other car was leaving.

Flashback: Last time this happened, I let the person know I was already in line and I was just a little ticked off by their inconsideration. Well, that led to nearly getting into a fist fight with a huge black guy. Lesson learned. I do not want to do that again.

So, with all the strength in me, I didn't mouth any words through my windshield or do anything ugly or obscene. I just pulled around to wait at the next pump.

I get there, no problem, put in my credit card and reach for the grade 87 pump. Umm, is this some kind of cruel joke? The handle thingy was totally gone. I was not about to get in line again, so after all that I ended up just getting the grade 89 gas for $2.59--still cheaper than other places.

Anyways, that's my story. Even the simplest things turn into adventures of bad luck with me. I don't get it.