...we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

OK, so it's more than 106 miles, I no longer smoke and I'll be driving during the day, but I am headed to Chicago this weekend! Kirdy is off on a whirlwind adventure of a girls' weekend in Chicago. That right, Mr. Chaos and the kids are staying home.

The friends I am going to meet are some of my closest friends. I've known them for years. We've been through divorce, birth, drama and good times together. Yet I've only ever met one in person.

These friends are internet friends, and once most of my "real life" friends get past the Dateline NBC fat man fresh out of prison jokes, they grudgingly admit they wish they had friends like I did.

I know full well how lucky I am to have met these ladies, and I can't wait to squeeze each one of them in person.

Oh yeah....I'm ready to hit it.