The vague future always seems like a good time to travel. The reality is that we’re always busy and no matter when I schedule a trip, I’m likely going to be manically trying to get everything done right up until we head out. I/We need to:
- decorate the house for Halloween (Tabby is dying to do this)
- register Tabby for another session of rock climbing
- register Ben for something where he can run around a lot and burn off energy
- make and package 20 bags of orange, pumpkin pie scented playdough
- make and package 20 ghost-shaped rice krispie treats
- load an MP3 player with Halloween music for “musical chairs”
- return several books to the library
- take a few phones to visit the Geniuses at the Apple Store
- pack us up for our trip
- pack up baby clothes to take to Nashville
- take Loki to our friends’ house
- figure out who/what to vote for
- vote!
- attend a few Halloween parties (4)
- myriad work-related things such as taking a phone to the Apple Store, spending a whole day with our new web designers and before that getting all of my thoughts on the site into some coherent tangible form, turning in various reports on this and that, selling my soul to get a few extra iPhone 5 cables, etc.
- pay bills, update budget and all that crap
- clean up our house
- buy Ben some new shoes
- figure out an appropriately awesome b’day gift for my niece
- get haircuts
- make sure we have appropriate clothes for the family photo we’ll be taking on our trip
- stop the mail
- check in with the kids’ schools about absences
- check in with our neighbors about minding the house
- make a car rental reservation
Then we’ll need to buckle down and enjoy our vacation!