Packing is one of my least favorite things to do. And I'm not talking house packing, though I don't particularly like that either. I'm talking packing for a trip. It's impossible to decide what you should and shouldn't bring. Especially when you're packing for a ten year old, too. Ami and I are supposed to leave for LA tomorrow afternoon and I still haven't gotten everything packed up to go. I tried to get her to pack what she wanted but that didn't work because she stuffed her suitcase with DVDs, her favorite dolls, a boardgame, and Madeline's chew toys. So I had to unpack everything and start over. This is the stuff that Jess used to handle and she was so much better at it than I am. She always knew exactly what we'd need. Never packed too much or too little.

We're driving down so that we can take the puppy with us and that way Penn can just ride along on the way back since he agreed to come up and help me out with some renovations on the house. I'm trying to see if I can con some of my other LA pals into coming back up with me to Seattle. The faster we get stuff done at the house here, the better it'll do on the market so that my daughter and I can move back to California.

I've been checking out some places in the LA area and I haven't really seen anything that would work for us, at least .. not compared to what we have here. So I'm thinking I might look for something outside of the city limits and just commute in to work everyday. Til then, Ami and I will probably end up staying with my parents in Pasadena though I'm very thankful to everyone who offered us a place to stay.

Now, as for this Glee karaoke business that everyone keeps talking about. Penn has gotten me to agree to go, however! That does not mean I have any intention of getting up on stage. And if that's a requirement to show up, then I just won't show up. Yes, I know. I'm a stingy old man. Bah humbug! The idea of getting up and making a fool out of myself, even in front of close friends, really doesn't impress me at all. So I'd rather just laugh at everybody else instead. So nice of me, huh?

Alright, Ami is insisting that I watch iCarly with her so I guess that's it for my update. If I don't happen to see any of you while in LA, I hope you have a great holiday and try not to eat so much turkey that you wind up in a coma.