it's my last day at work for a while. i'm taking a little mini vacation to go up to chicago for a long weekend. i'm really happy about getting out of town. i love living where i do, but i really like hitting the road. or the airways, as the case may be. i've never flown before, so this should be quite an experience. my main plan of action is to cue up something rockin' on the minidisc player and zone out. maybe catch a quick nap. anything but pay attention as i plunge to my fiery death.

it sounds like hey mercedes is gonna save some tickets for the kids coming in from out of town. that's really swell of those guys. but that makes me think…i'm flying up for this shindig, and i don't have a ticket. i won't get into town until late in the evening tomorrow night, so what if it sells out before then?

well i'm keeping my fingers crossed on this whole bank thing today. it looks like some of my cross deposit, heading off transactions shenanigans are working. this is a good thing. i really don't want to be poor before i even get paid. but this entire plan hinges on getting paid today. a day early. but since i don't work on fridays, this is a normal occurrence. damn…i'm really sweatin' this.

i'm really tired again today. i plan on getting plenty of sleep tonight, though. it looks like i'll toddle home fairly smashed tonight. tonight has the notoriety of being both my last night in town and the rumored last night that dedden's will be open. if you actually read any of these posts, or perhaps paul's log, you know that dedden's is our favorite little watering hole. it seems they got bought by a bunch of argentineans that want to open a nice restaurant there. big bummer. tonight we celebrate, tonight we mourn.