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Get a Grip

I'm stressing the fuck out!!! Our plane leaves at 5:30am. The cab will be here at 3:30am. I haven't packed one thing. Just barely got home. Somehow I've got to get everything together. I will...it seems more stressful because I usually only have to get stuff ready for myself when I travel.

Plus, as excited as I am to see Jess and Eric, and the new dog, and the new house, and be with Jess in the really early stages of having a baby...Yes...did I mention that...she's PREGNANT!!! I'm so excited for them! All Jess has ever wanted is to be a mom. Anyway...as excited as I am about going...and about Gabby seeing a place I go so often...and the snow...I have something kind of new going on in my life...something kind of great...and I will miss it a little when I'm gone...ok, maybe ALOT!

I think I'm going to pour myself a glass of wine, chill out for a minute. This is always the way it is when I travel...I stress, stress, stress about getting everything done...and then...as soon as I'm sitting on the plane, buckling my seat belt...perfectly fine.

Gabby and I both got hair cuts today. Mine just got trimmed. Gabby's is drastic...she got really cute bangs...although it's a little Betty Page-ish. The way I saw myself in the mirror at Jeff's was awful...Ray Ray will be seeing more of me when I get back from this trip than he ever wanted to!!!

Home on Sunday...have fun at the Christmas Party without me!

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