The best laid plans of mice and men...

... I think the rest of that quote is in Scottish, but to paraphrase, they often go to hell in a handbasket.  Let's hope we can avoid that, because I have a whole litany of plans.

B's spring break is coming up in March (March is not spring, by the way... at least not in my neck of the woods), so we're going to plan a road trip to visit a bunch of family.  North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania being part of it.  It'll be fun, but again, March is not spring.  I'd much rather be able to take this trip in, say, June, but since B will be taking summer classes it won't be possible.  So, March.  I'll be taking my long underwear!

Before that though, are many other plans.  This weekend we're going to Columbus to visit some friends, next weekend we're going to a big motorcycle expo in Cleveland, I'm going to Pittsburgh near the end of February... with a plethora of presentations, dinners with friends, and doctor & dentist appointments in between.  And at some point, we'll start scheduling these classes I'm supposed to teach.

I'd love to plan a trip out to Washington for later in the summer, maybe for the week between B's summer and fall semesters.  It's been over 2 years since I was there last!  Pathetic!  I'd love to plan it so that we fly out there, then rent a truck to haul the rest of my belongings to Ohio, but that might get too expensive.  We'll have to see.

I'm planning my garden already, and planning a whole list of home improvement projects for spring too.  Painting our bedroom, routering the cabinets in the kitchen & re-painting them, stripping the paint off the built-in china cabinets in the dining room, working on the half-finished bathroom in the basement.

I have plans to go to the library today, and I may even throw in a much-needed trip to the gym.

And of course, there's the BIG 3-0 coming up.  We're thinking of having one party right between our birthdays... at Chuck E. Cheese.  Come on, it'd be awesome!  Beer, pizza, and whack-a-mole!  Celebrate our not-growing-up!  Right? 

Right now, I'd settle for having warm feet.  I'll have to plan some time for laundry tonight so I can wash my wool socks.