&#034I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.&#034 -Oscar Wilde

All righty then, here&#039s what&#039s up and why I will be out of commission for the weekend. I&#039m going to Delaware so that me and my friend Lushbaugh can go deep-sea fishing for blue-fin tuna. Exciting, non? The run-down of the weekend is going to go something like this:

Thursday: Home from work, I&#039m finishing my packing and will grab a nap and shower before heading over to Lushbaugh&#039s to pack the car at six. We&#039ll head out at six-thirty with me behind the wheel of his black Cavalier. We&#039ll take US-41 to I-70 and drive all the way across Indiana and into Ohio, stopping so I can pee (&#039cause I have a bladder the size of an acorn).

Friday: We&#039re going to stop around half past midnight to hook up with a friend just past Columbus and eat at a truck stop. At this point, Lushbaugh is going to take over and drive us into West Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, then Delaware where his parents live. I have a feeling we&#039re both going to want to sleep when we get there. We&#039re going to an all-you-can-eat crab legs place (<Shudder> seafood…) with his family that night.

Saturday: I think we&#039re going to spend this day hanging out in the basement going through his books to decide what he wants to bring back with him to Indiana. We might run to a movie or go shopping or something. This is pretty up in the air yet.

Sunday: Getting up before dawn, we&#039re gonna drive down to Ocean City and get on a boat and hit the open seas. Well, we&#039ll hit as far as a couple miles out, just far enough to try and catch something big to drag home with us. If we get any tuna, I plan on bringing some home to Kitty. She&#039ll love me for it.

Monday: Back on the road again…for another fourteen hours. We&#039ll probably head out around five or six in the morning so we can get back just in time for me to go to bed since I have to work at eight the next morning. Crazy!

I am bringing the camera so there&#039ll be pics to put up on the page when I get back. There will probably be more than a few pics of me with a blazing sunburn despite the fact that I plan on covering myself with lotion every hour on the hour. I think that Lushbaugh&#039s parents have the internet, so I&#039ll at least be able to check up on my page and my e-mail. I might even put up an update, but don&#039t hold your breath (for fear of suffocation, and all that). I wish everyone a great weekend for whatever you&#039re doing. Stay safe and drive safe!

Posted: July 1, 2004 at a quarter after three in the afternoon.