Got home late from our road trip to DC. Someone hit the brand new Big Ass Truck in the parking lot where we were staying and dealing with that delayed us (yep, hit and run so we’re stuck paying the deductible for the extensive damage ). I am almost done with “Nice Girls”, but will have to delay discussion until tomorrow night at the earliest if that’s all right with all of you.

As for the Roundup, it’s after midnight now but I’m hoping that I can drag my rear out of bed early tomorrow to get to it. The problem is that I’ve been without Internet since Wednesday (except a short stint at a friend’s house) so whereas I’m usually on top of my Bloglines reading, I haven’t yet read any of the MILS entries this week. Bear with me if I don’t get to it until my lunch hour.

Other than the car damage, rain and the 24 hours it took each way to drive there, the trip was great. I really enjoyed seeing my SIL and BIL and meeting my newest nephew (10 months and walking already!) Pumpkinhead had a blast, especially running around with his cousins and then spending Friday with his Godmother and me. I also dragged my SIL out of bed at 4:30 a.m. on Friday so we could hit the mall (across the street) for a few hours before our kids woke up. We made it back by 7:30 a.m. laden with packages. Then I shopped more with my friend and Pumpkinhead, but I’m glad I made it out in the morning because it’s rare for me to be able to shop alone. Oh, I also managed to get online at my friend’s house to purchase my Blend Creations necklace (yay!) and to take advantage of Lancome’s 20% off Black Friday sale (when does makeup ever go on sale? Double yay!)

When we made it home tonight, I spent over an hour unpacking and putting things away and then spent the past two hours working on the outline I swore to my study partner I’d be ready to exchange with her today (she did one class; I did the other and now we’re switching and filling in each others’ gaps). I’ve never been a carsick kind of gal but apparently the dizziness I get from the Neurontin also makes it hard for me to read or use a laptop while the car is moving. I also had this issue the other day with a PowerPoint presentation for my boss. It appears that my peripheral vision can’t handle fast-moving images like flying text or moving vehicles. So much for my normal book-devouring road trips! I pretty much slept when I wasn’t driving.

Random enough blog post for everyone? It’s now 12:40 a.m. and I am hitting the hay!