I'm Outta Here!

1.  holy crap!  it's raining like a mofo right now which is making me a little nervous because in a couple of hours, i'm driving west to rochester to spend the long weekend with some knitters.  the thing is, as i've probably mentioned before, i'm a relatively new driver.  so this will be my longest driving trip by myself ever.  seriously.  so i'm a little anxious.  and if it's raining like crazy (which i understand it will at least until i get across the stateline) people will be driving like assholes and i there's nothing that annoys me more than assholes on the road.  (so yeah, living in massachusetts, i get annoyed a lot.) (i actually looked into taking the bus or train, you know, trying to be all environmentally responsible and everything but the bus would have taken me at least 9 hours! and by train, i just can't get there from here.  i would have had to take the train to NYC, then change to Rochester which would have taken me close to 12 hours!  i'm not so young anymore.  i just don't have that kind of time to waste!  and both the bus and train would have cost more than driving.  can you believe that?  stupid lame public transportation system).

2.  i'm not bringing my computer.  I KNOW!  THE HORROR!  but i've already prepared some posts in my absence (is that allowed by the way?  oh who cares.  i'm allowing it) and i'll be back, live and in color, on Sunday.

3.  i'm also not bringing my wheel, but i am bringing some knitting, and my cameras. 

4.  so i made some fried green tomatoes last night.  sliced up the tomatoes in small pieces (you know, after cutting out the yucky pieces), sprinkled some breadcrumbs, and sauteed them in some garlic and olive oil until they were semi-soft.  and they were pretty damn good!  i also made a small mesclun green salad using my own salad greens.  i was very pleased with myself.  no photo though, because it was too dark for decent photos.

so that's it for today.   i have to get ready.  shower, pack, load the dishwasher, and then i'm off.

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day 97 --  rochester or bust!