it feels like buffet belly like you get in las vegas, when you go to those ridiculous buffets and then eat all things that don't go together...

i leave for st. thomas in the morning.  i'm excited, but nervous for my dogs...  i've left them for a day once or twice, but never for 4 nights... i know that i'm a freak, but i worry for my boy, he is so tender.  i can't even explain.  and my girl, she tries to act all tough, but she really likes her routine, and would rather if each day included all her walks and treats... like clockwork...   one of our walking buddies is taking them, and they will still get the morning hike each day...  it's not that i don't trust this guy, cause i do.  i know he loves my dogs and they love him...  i know that it's going to be okay...  in my head i know that he'll take good care of them... but i hate when they get nervous or sad.  shoot me.

there is a long list to do today...  and i can't really pack pack until the pups are all dropped off after dinner. 

perhaps i'm the only one that does stuff like this, but i ordered two bathing suits from Lands End and i always get things big...  i love me an oversized shirt and all...  but with bathing suits... it's more exacting i guess...  these suits are clearly two to three sizes too large... and well, it's not a good look.... so it looks like they won't make the trip.   i actually did get two new pair of shorts, a dress, a big linin shirt with capri leggings and a huge dress with leggings for that...  so... i'll roll it all up and head off...  the boy has mostly everything else, so a brush and a toothbrush and i'm good to go.  timing-wise, this trip is good for my boy.  he is nearing the end of his rope being away.  the job sounds awful, and he is having trouble getting things done....  work culture is certainly different there... even catastropies don't get additional attention...

so top on the list today, kiss my babies from head to toe a couple times over.... because inside i know that it will be worse for me then for them... and i can't tell anyone cause even without that information, they think i'm a loon....

so.... everything will happen exactly how it's suppose to....  and i'll be back before i even know it.... and all the things that may not get done today, will get done next week....