The Incredible Non-Shrinking To-Do List!

Aren't the "to do" lists supposed to get smaller as you get closer to your departure date? I have the distinct feeling that I'm going to be very busy in the next 6 days. And probably a bit stressed! Time to find my inner zen drill sergeant (to calmly & serenely bark out the orders of the day).

Then again, the two times I've travelled to Australia, I hadn't really started packing until minutes before I was supposed to leave (leaving late both times). Talk about stress! So if I can avoid that this time, it's a win. Besides, getting up early enough to catch a 4:15am airport shuttle is stressful enough for me.

Feel free to offer to burn candles & incense, say prayers or sacrifice a goat on my behalf...

Setting Up my Blog for Travel

As my web hosting provider's blog software doesn't seem to work (don't get me started about their tech support...where my phone call got cut off midway through resolving the problem), I've opted to start one over here (at blogspot.com). We'll just see how this goes...

When I wake up tomorrow morning, it will be a scant 8 days until I set out on my vacation. Woo hoo! Unfortunately, at last check, my "to do" lists (one for home, one for work) run the risk of singlehandedly deforesting the planet. OK...they're just a couple of pages each. But they seem much longer. Especially the list for work. Then again, as I'm planning to be semi-available this trip (thanks to hopefully having a work-provided international BlackBerry), I don't have to be quite so concerned about tieing up all the loose ends.

With that...I'm headed for a date with my bed. That certainly is one downside to travel...missing my very comfortable bed! Yet my travel experiences have generally been worth the sacrifice.