"Am i just in heaven or las vegas..." - Cocteau Twins

I am so excited about our impending Vegas trip, even the 11 hour ride there will be fun. Dirk and I have a little stack of books on CD (including one Discworld novel to introduce Dirk to that wild wacky world). We plan on stopping at Bryce Canyon on the way down as I think this is such a magickal place and want Dirk to see it.

The best part of this trip is getting away from "life" for awhile which is what I really need.

My mom has been on me for months now to make sure that I am keeping up with my checkups in light of all that she has been going through. I went to the Dr. on Monday and now have to go get a bilateral mammogram and an ultrasound to check out 2 "masses". I didn't tell my mom because she will totally fall apart and she can't afford not to be concentrating on herself right now. I tried to get an appointment scheduled for tomorrow but the freaking place didn't call me back yet. I am not worrying about this because it won't change anything and honestly, I am sure that it's nothing. The only thing that I find odd is that one is in the exact place I told my mom I was going to have a pink ribbon tattoo'ed in her honor.

Mom hopes to start her next round of chemo on Thursday so that we can all spend time in Florida together in December. She told us come "hell or high water SOMEONE is going to Siesta Key for Christmas", meaning if she can't go, I better plan on having a great time at the beach without her or I'll never hear the end of it. LOL

Well, I have to get dinner started and finish looking over the lists of everything that needs to be in car with us to go to Vegas....humming "Viva, Las Vegas"....