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Well, the trip wasn't bad getting up here. We made it in about 8.5 hours. Before I left, Jamie gave me several gifts, one of which was the pink kitty seen on the dash... we used the stickers to bling up our cell phones. Don't they look cute?
I was excited to see the Ames sign. Yippee... it says Ames!
The temp dropped a lot today, so I got out my big leather coat that I haven't worn since probably St. Lukes? or KU Med. Anyway, I found the original troll in it. I've been looking for it. He must have gone with me to my last surgery.
I got a ride to an AA meeting within 30 minutes of arriving at our hotel. I really wanted a drink.
So it was cool to see the Rochester Alano club and meet some local people. And they smoke in there! Just what I need. I have rides set up for the rest of the week, hope I am heading home by the weekend.
I got tired of waiting for photos to post here, so the rest of them are on my flickr page. click the link and it'll take you there.
More after tomorrows adventures. I have to be at my appointment in Gastroenterology and Hepati some other ology at "Mayo 18" whatever that means. This should be interesting. Ginger will be scooting on her rascal, and I'll be toddling along behind. Hope I have cute docs.

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Halloween weekend...What fun! We saw great costumes, many of which are in terribly bad taste, so view at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything offensive here. I just laughed at all of it.

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Oh, the stress! No sleep, no sanity.
Need more coffee.
But I did clear the camera in preparation for Mayo blog.
Sing it...like Harry Belafonte, baby.
Maaaaaayo.
Maaaaaayo.
Monday come and she no wanna go.
Ginger and the mini van ready to roll.
Monday come and she no wanna go.
Packed warm sweaters and prepped for the cold.
Monday come and she no wanna go.
Doctors, doctors, make me well...
Pray that the trip isn't a living hell.
Maaaaayo.
Maaaayo.

Yep, I'm a dork.

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Louisianna was so much fun!!
We went to the 70th International Rice Festival.
I got to meet lots of Beck's most special friends, and they were all as wonderful as she described them as. We had lots of adventures, including me and Margaret having true issues with almost getting lost in Crowley. Margaret and I have a history of getting lost together. We have opposite imaginary navigational disorder. I just made that up. Once in Kansas City after Becky's sister's wedding we were in Margaret's truck driving around DRUNK for more than 2 hours, calling our friends at the hotel repeatedly for directions, yet never finding the hotel. It was some glitch with 69 and I--69. They are apparently not the same.
But I digress.

Being broke, I made it my mission to acquire as much free stuff as possible on the trip. This guy handed me a large bottle of Lancome "Miracle" perfume that the TSA was making his wife throw away, so I snatched it and stuck it in Miss Phyllis' luggage that she hadn't checked yet. Then in Dallas I used my little regulation size baggies to pick up more stuff out of the trash at the check thru. I got some lotion, body/face mask, and Chanel Lipgloss. Yes, I know, it's trashy to dig Chanel lip gloss out of the trash in Dallas, and I will probably get herpes.
I like living on the edge, folks. Also acquired during the trip...some really cute warm clothes from Arlene and her daughter, some hot chili pepper beads from James, Becky's daddy, and a bunch of 50 cent clothes at the Crowley Good Will, and a $5.99 suitcase to haul back all the used new stuff.

I was thrilled at how big and fun the Rice festival was. I was obnoxious and wet and crazy during the parade, which is how I believe one should behave when at a parade in Louisianna...begging for beads, grabbing cups, and throwing small children out of the way so I could acquire more candy. All this sober, too. Hee!
Okay, check the cheese pics. I have lots more pics to get up on the site before I leave for Mayo, I'll try to do it before I go. I plan on blogging daily on the Mayo trip, with pics and everything. It might help to keep me sane, and if it doesn't, ya'll can witness the insanity for yourselves.
I wrote this sentence to a friend tonight, and I do believe it explains it all right now.

My trip to Mayo on Monday is looming large, along with the arrival of my mother, working a trade show selling Alpaca at the Topeka Expo center all weekend, (long story) and the realization that we have a licensing review Friday at 1:30 at work and I still don't have my medical records to hand-carry to Mayo, and I need a flu shot, because apparently they are into flu season up there in MN, and plus there are sick people from everywhere converging on that one hospital, and there are no flu shots to be found except at Dillons on 6th street and only with a secret password or something, and my neighbor Mollie made me get a new kitten today and she's lovely, but on antibiotics 2 times a day, and my roommate is 23 years old and needy, and only 17 cats to go until I hit my goal of being the crazy old lady with 19 cats.