Load up the car, kids!

Oh wait. I don't have any kids and thus no slaves, er, I mean 'help' to load up. And besides, I already did that this morning since I woke up early.

Currently my car contains:

• The usual misc. junk in box in the trunk (including 2 "waterproof" picnic blankets, some extra scraps of fabric from my couch pillows, a couple of empty water bottles, 3 books I've already read, a scarf and various old school papers and folders).
• My wool coat and a light-weight jacket
• 1 bottle of Aquafina (filled with tap water--I'm not picky)
  
• 4-100-calorie packs (2 each of Sandies and Cheezits)
• A bag filled with clothes for this weekend (2 pair of jeans, 2 sweatshirts, 2 pairs of sleeping pants, 2 sleeping t-shirts, 2 pashminas, a handful of underwear, several pair of socks, a pair of all-terrain "hiking" shoes, slippers, my ankle Uggs (had 'em for 10 years!) and a steal of a pair of rain boots I found at Marshalls last night for $15. And my toiletries, of course.)
• A pillow (as per M's instructions) and a down comforter (in case I get stuck in the snow and have to live in my car for the next 3 days)
• My laptop with essential cords
• 2 umbrellas
  
• My farmer's market basket waiting to be filled up with other road-trip snacks
• Directions
  
• A little present for Molly
  

To do before I get out of Dodge:

• Pick up chains from Pep Boys that I put on hold yesterday
• Get gas
• Get lunch
• Get snacks

To do while I'm there:

• Hang with Molly
• Play with Brennan
• Lay around and do nothing but lay around
• Enjoy the snow
  
• Forget about how I've still not heard from Chicago...