Are We All Packed Yet? What Do You Think?

Well, that much is packed. I have absolutely no control when it comes to packing dresses. As I texted Jessie today, I think I'm afraid the ones I leave behind will be sad. There sure isn't any logical reason to bring that many. However, I will point out that that is a carry-on sized bag so it's not so terrible. Of course I'll have a bag with my fan and pillows and books in it and a bag with my toiletries and meds and all that stuff in it. And the bag holding my needlework projects in case I have some time on my hands. And of course jars of pickles and a bag of green beans and, oh gosh. I don't know. 

Speaking of books, I got so angry today. And it was ridiculous anger and useless anger and pointless too. I went to the library specifically to get "Confederacy of Dunces" and Barbara Kingsolvers "The Poisonwood Bible" because both of those would be good ones to read aloud on the trip but I did not really consider the fact that the library we use, which is a branch library, would have neither one of those. 
But if you want a book by some crime novelist who cranks 'em out by the dozen, you've got a good chance it'll be there. 
FUCK ME! 
Oh well. This is hardly a world-class problem. 
I pulled Colson Whitehead's "Harlem Shuffle" from my shelf because I love that book and I'd love to read it to Glen. The n-word does crop up a lot due to the fact that all of the characters except for the crooked cops are Black, many of them gangsters, and although Mr. Whitehead is absolutely allowed to use that word in a book set in the 1960's I just can't wrap my mouth around it. This presents a problem. I am listening to a book right now where the author is white and he narrates the book. He also uses the n-word but as with Whitehead, always in context because he is writing about a murder trial set in the '60's where the accused are a Black man and his wife and it's set in Virginia. BUT, he cannot speak the word, the author, I mean, and so he says in the forward that he uses the first two letters as in "Ni-" which is not really a great substitute but it was the best one he could think of.
I may try that. 
I have already read "Harlem Shuffle at least twice and I've read the second in what is going to be a trilogy, according to Whitehead, which is "Crook Manifesto".  The third book has not come out yet. 

So there is that.

The heat has remained oppressive but a possible tropical depression looming off the east coast is supposed to bring some rains and hopefully cooler temperatures as well as possible flooding, of course. This is Planet Earth, 2025. And here we go again as hurricane season really gets going. 

I texted Jessie today to ask her if she could ask the boys if there's anything they'd like me to bring them and August responded, "Their TV." 
Oh, he's a funny boy. I can't believe I'll get to see those crazy brothers in two days. I also can't believe we're going to hit the road tomorrow. 
We've talked about how we'd really like to get an earlier start than we usually do but the odds of that are slim. Oh, but we are old now and we like to take our time. Let everyone pass us because we are in no real hurry anymore. 

I will be taking my laptop. I will probably NOT be posting every day and answering comments will not be a priority. Nor will reading blogs and commenting on them but I will do my best while at the same time, knowing full well that the world will still rotate around the sun if I do not. 

Take care, y'all. I'll be checking in and that's for sure.

Love...Ms. Moon