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Two more days and I am off to Hawaii!

I am stressed out, have tons left to do and am getting a cold. Hooray!

At least I have a swim suit, again. Jesse and I made a trip to Target (minus the Super) and they had tons of affordable suits. I got a pair of board shorts and a bikini top. BIKINI TOP PEOPLE! Notice to all Hawaiians: my stretch marks will be on display soon. Don't miss the show of blinding white skin. It will be worth it.

My smile will probably be more blinding. A week with my sisters in 80 degree weather. Ahh. . .

I am taking Zicam and using all alternative remedies possible along with Sudafed to kick this cold out of the ball park until I leave Thursday morning.

On the agenda today: tour two of the three schools we are applying for kindergarten for Noah. Right now the contenders are:

• Wilshire Elementary in Saint Anthony Village
• Bel Air Elementary in New Brighton
• Highland Elementary in Columbia Heights

The last one was a huge surprise. Everyone assumes that Columbia Heights sucks, but their test scores are wonderful. They have the only 100% I saw in the schools we looked at. The first two are hard to get into, but I don't think Highland is, since, like us, everyone assumes that Columbia Heights is a poor school.

Wish us luck!