Road Trip Blues

Tuesday, May 11, 1999

No, not blues about my upcoming roadtrip; blues because Jev's gone on a roadtrip with one of his school friends. She needs to get some of her stuff from her dorm to her parents' place, and then up to find an apartment where her new job is going to be in Maryland. Jev wouldn't have gone, but Juli just had all four of her wisdom teeth pulled, and her dentist didn't want her driving alone on the medications she is taking for the pain.

Hopefully, they'll be back to Tech by tomorrow night, so Jev and I can talk online Thursday morning before I run to catch my plain in St. Lou. I'm not really fond of the idea of him being gone these two days beforehand, but he's always good about calling, and Juli is the friend who helped him pick out the fantastic apartment. She's been good to us, and I couldn't say no when she needed help, any more than Jev could.

So I've got the next 24 hours or so to myself (Jev hopped offline about four hours ago), and that will help me get more packing done, since I won't be lurking online all the time, waiting for him to show up.

I got a couple more small boxes packed and out of my room today, and my suitcase is mostly packed for Thursday. Jev had suggested I pack up stuff that would be easier to transport on the plane, but I really don't know what that would be. I don't trust my electronic things to be checked baggage, and I don't want to have to lug anything around, even if I'm not going to be changing planes. Maybe I'll think of something... we'll see. For now I have clothes and personal care stuff, my CD player and the two discs for Jev. Not much, but my suitcase is heavy anyway... I think it's just heavy without anything in it, and adding clothes and the likes only makes it worse.

Anyway, hopefully tomorrow Mom will be able to find a few more small boxes, and I can get the rest of the books and such here in my room packed. I suppose I could pack up the scanner and my non-essential accessories for the computer, but I know if I do, I'll want them. I guess I can live without them for a week or two... I've done it before!

The legal thing seems to be petering out; I'm not going to give it any more consideration than it deserves at this point, and I'm not the only one who seems to feel that way. I probably shouldn't say this much about it, but I don't want to leave you completely in the dark... it's definitely a big issue at the moment. For now, most everyone assures me it's nothing to worry about, so I'm going to try to stop worrying. Yeah, right! *snicker* I'm a worrywart, I can't help it!!

Some of you might think I'd be more worried about Jev spending so much time with a female friend, but that doesn't bother me at all. I trust him completely, and even though I may be insecure about myself, I know that Jev would never intentionally do anything to hurt me. Sure, I'm a little bummed that he's not going to be online and we probably won't get to talk much until he meets me at the airport Thursday, but once we're at the airport, we're that much closer to no longer having to live apart.