Thursday, already??

Ye gods. I knew this day was coming, but it just hit me that it's here, and I'm still totally unprepared.

My dear husband, Johnny, is leaving for San Antonio this afternoon!! He's going to the ALA Midwinter Meeting, as I mentioned before, and he'll be back on Monday... which means that I will not get a proper meal between now and then. People - I cannot cook for myself. If I want to eat something warm, that leaves me with four choices: spaghetti hoops, ramen, instant oatmeal, and takeout. And I have to work this weekend, too! Maybe Bean and Mr. Bean will let me spend Saturday night with them, so I won't have to drive all the way home and sit around an empty house all night.

More than the food thing, tho', I was just reminded - I told my DH he could borrow my laptop for this trip. *gasp!*

Five whole days without my laptop?? What the hell am I going to do with myself???

Ok, so I'll have his computer which I can use. But it doesn't have all my files and bookmarks and stuff on it. It doesn't have all my pictures and iTunes songs and downloaded knitting patterns... And then there's the things I dare not even let myself contemplate - what if my precioussss gets stolen or broken?? If I hadn't completely forgotten that I promised him he could borrow it, I could have been backing up all my files over the past few days. As it is now, I don't have time - I'll barely have time to sync my iPod and PDA before my baby is wrenched from my tender, loving arms.

O, woe and gnashing of teeth! O, sorrow and distress! O, melodrama!!!

Eh, okay, so it's not that big of a deal. I feel dumb for not remembering to back up my files, tho'. And, while I will relish the chance to sit around the house playing Tori Amos CDs and watching Secretary (which the DH refuses to watch, for some reason), I will be lonely (and freezing cold when I go to bed). At least I do have to work this weekend, so I won't have too much time to mope. Oh, and a note to any potential stalkers out there - it's not like I am going to be home alone, our downstairs neighbors will still be there. So don't even think about trying to pull something.