UGH ... I Have To Leave When??

Decisions ..... decisions!!  It's hard enough for me to decide what to do ... it's SO much worse when I don't really feel good.  Here's pretty much what happened yesterday.













You got it ..... NOTHING!!  I felt pretty good after a really long hot steamy shower, then collapsed on the couch to watch football.  I want to thank everyone for offering suggestions on how to beat this cold.  I'm trying every single one!!  In the end, I can't take decongestants, as they always, without fail, cause a sinus infection ... which I'm pretty sure I've ended up with anyway!!

It was really hard to sit still all day, but I kept my butt glued to the couch, except for all that arm swinging motion to through the ball for Cooper or the toy for Jess.  You can't put anything on the floor for pictures without Cooper jumping in the middle of it with the poor Gingerbread Man.

At one point I threw this toy for Jessie and now she won't give it up.  She's growling like a grizzly bear!!

In between games, I was on my phone's weather app constantly, checking the wind and snow predictions for Southern California.  Wednesday was my travel day of choice.  Sunny everywhere and no wind.  Then that darned wind sock showed up in Tehachapi.  It's funny, because if you look at the detailed forecast, there is NO wind.  It only shows up on the ten day forecast.

To make matters worse, it's going to be 21 degrees where I normally spend the night, breaking the drive into two nice sections.  That's too cold for me and the puppies, let alone Jonathan, so I guess I'm driving it in one day.  Six hours the computer says, but that means 8 for me.  I can deal with that, but I'm a little concerned about Jonathan.  He hasn't been in a moving vehicle in some time and he will be gripping the perch and cage the entire trip.  That's about like you and me standing up the whole way.  Needless to say, I'm stressed!!

Just to increase my stress level, I scared myself half to death this morning.  In preparation for leaving, I set all the clock radio alarms and lights around the house.  At 6:00 I heard voices in the back room that made a chill go up my spine, not to mention the barking dogs.  RATS!!  My only weapons are already packed!!  I grabbed the baseball bat I keep by the back door and peered around the corner.  Then it dawned on me ..... it was the radio in the back bedroom.  WHEW!!!  That was a close one!!

Today I'll finish up some bookkeeping loose ends and try to mellow out so I can decide whether to leave Tuesday or Wednesday!!  I think I need a "chill pill"!!!