Tee hee hee...

I've even located the Best Buy in Amarillo, Tx. so we can stop there and pick up the new cds from Black Eyed Peas and Coldplay on Tuesday. Yee Haw!

I never intend on making these posts so dang long...

Wow, I can't believe I'm leaving LA in just over a week. It seems so final. I know I'll be back for visits but it's strange. I moved a lot in my lifetime but it gets harder when you're an adult.

So I've sent this link to some friends and hopefully they won't be too shy and will post comments on here. Trust me when I say that we'll love hearing from everyone!

Ok, so here's the tentative schedule:

Monday, June 6th, we leave the Santa Clarita Valley and head up the 14 freeway to the 138 and take that over to the 15 (I'm gonna have to get used to saying 'highway' names without the word "the" before them). It'll be hard for me to not continue up the 15 to Vegas but I'll do my best to get on I 40 in Barstow. Of course we'll have to drop in at the gigantic McDonalds that's right there.

We're skipping The Grand Canyon. I've seen it and ChristY isn't desperate to see it on this trip. So we'll be staying in Flagstaff the first night. I think we're pretty close to the NAU campus. I had a friend from high school go to NAU. I wonder if she's still around there.

Day two is a long freaking day. We're driving from Flagstaff to Amarillo, Tx. There is one place I'd like to see in Amarillo but I'll post specifics about it later. Just know it's one of those 'things to see' when you're driving cross country. It's not a giant ball of yarn but it's close.

Day three we leave I 40 and head on a small highway to Dallas where we'll pick up I 20. Just past Dallas is a town called Longview, Tx. where we'll be spending the night. I think that night would be a good night to go see Madagascar in a local theater. But I'm trying not to overplan the trip and let things happen naturally. Of course if we do decide to see a movie, I know the two closest theaters and have directions to get there. Just saying...

Day four we'll be driving through Shreveport, La. and Jackson, Ms. to get to Birmingham, Al. These are all new cities for me. We'll be staying in Birmingham that night. I found a neighborhood just next to the U. of Alabama at Birmingham called Five Points South that has the bars, restaurants and shops. It's funny 'cause the similar area in Columbia, S.C. is called Five Points. I wonder who used the name first.

Day five, aka June 10th, we drive through Atlanta and then head to Summerville, SC. It's my mom's birthday which is one of the main reasons we're hauling ass across the country instead of taking our time and seeing more of the sights. So when we get home, my new (albeit temporary) home, we'll shower, change, get spiffied up (which we're both very good at), and go out to dinner to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. HA! Just kidding mom! I know it's your, um, let's see 2005 minus 1946, right? Ok, carry the one, and subtract the...Wow! 59. You're old.

For the rest of June ChristY and I will be juggling temp jobs (hopefully) and trips throughout the southeast. So keep checking in on us. We'll be keeping track of all the cool stuff we see in addition to the plethora of mullets!!!

Heh. Every time I say the word 'plethora', that scene from Three Amigos pops in my head. "Jefe, would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?" "Yes El Guapo, you have a plethora." "Jefe, what is a plethora?"

Pre-Trip Stuff

I'm way too excited about this trip. I'm already buying stuff for the ride. I have to keep the chocolate covered/peanut butter stuffed pretzels out of my sight so I don't eat them in the next two weeks.

We're trying to be slightly healthy because we don't care to do the one-week version of Super Size Me. It'll be continental breakfast provided by our hotels in the morning. From which we'll steal some fruit and anything portable for that day. Lunch will most likely be at a fast food establishment which is fine and doesn't have to be horrible. Then dinner can be anywhere in whatever town we happen to be staying in that evening. Dinner will probably consist of salads for me. I really care deeply for salads.

I got my iBook so we can watch movies at night (in case there's nothing good on HBO). I packed a few Johnny Depp movies for ChristY which I'm sure she'll appreciate.

Ok, that's me for now. I know ChristY picked up some supplies herself this weekend. I can't wait to show her the one thing that got me REALLY excited for the trip. I can't say yet but I hope she's as happy to have them as I am.

Woooeeee!

Awesome! We are so technologically gifted it's scary. I vote for a special feature on mullets.
--Christ-Y

Well, plans are being made...

I've just found out that my local library lets you have audio books for 3 weeks. Nice! Wees gonna be the most literate girls in all of South Carolina.

All hotel reservations have been made and we're not staying at the same chain twice. Plus each one has internet access (a few of the hotels don't even charge!) so we'll be updating nightly. I'm gonna love using my new iBook.

Plus now we've decided to document our journey into southern fried heaven on a camcorder. We may even have fun with the footage on my above mentioned iBook and make a movie out of it. Ooooh, a montage complete with wacky visuals and cool music in the background.

Alright kids, this shall be a good time.