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Did some research into Illinois road trips. Mom and I could go to Cahokia Mounds for around $55 a night and a two-hour drive. Galena would be $105 a night (and I'd want to stay two nights) and a 3.5-hour drive. I would really like to go to Galena though.

Lincoln College has called me three or four times about a severe thunderstorm warning (early Sunday AM). We just had a LOUD clap of thunder. Maybe I should log off my computer and calm the cats. Quite a light show. Now there's a flash flood warning too. The warning on my phone startled Zara. Finally, the storm finished. I don't think that I could have slept through it.

Woke up at 8 AM. Went back to sleep. Woke up at noon.

I checked the local paper online, and it didn't mention damage from last night's storm.

My stomach is a little upset. I don't know why.

Napped for a while. The girls are completely zonked.

Reading through r/frugal on Reddit, and someone suggested having a moving fund in your budget. That's a good idea, although an emergency fund could do the same thing.

The girls are now up. Good.

Got the shakes, so I made some Ramen.

Logged onto my laptop to save an article, "How to Do Walt Disney World Like a Rock Star", to Pinterest. Expensive suggestions, but also good suggestions.

Threw myself together. Ran out and got a couple of bottles of soda. I'm going to make a rule that I may drink soda only when I clean or organize. That way, I can cut down on my soda consumption and give myself a treat (and more energy) while I clean.

Zara did some serious snuggling with me.

I'm wondering if I should put the garbage out when tomorrow's a holiday, and it's not likely to get picked up. The garbage disposal Facebook site said no pickup tomorrow.

I'm working on the closet. I'm doing a modified "Spark Joy" sort in that I'm doing all of one category at a time rather than all my clothes at one time. I'm running into clothes that I think that I should want, but don't really want. I'm finding this culling a lot harder than the t-shirts were. Though I really have too much stuff in my closet and need to be ruthless.

Made turkey breasts, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Dead easy and delicious! And I have some left over for tomorrow! I also piggybacked on the heated oven by putting in some banana bread ( from a mix).

Finished culling the blazers. Have a big bag of clothes to go to the thrift store. Went through one of the baskets that came from the linen closet in my old place.

I'm in a food coma (although I ate a slice of banana bread to try it). I'm going to go read and go to sleep early. Tomorrow is another day..