Wednesday is the big departure day. I am stressed, but not nearly as stressed as I could be or as I expected to be. I've gotten most things taken care of and the rest of the things on my lists are things that would be nice to accomplish, but if they don't happen, they don't happen and the world will go on. I was so proud of myself on Saturday because I had accomplished so much, but then, as I lay in bed last night, I kept thinking, "What about this? What about that?" More than making sure I have everything I'll need while I'm gone, I want to make sure everything at home and at work is taken care of. Oh, well. The world has survived without me for thousands of years. I'm sure Monroe will be okay without me for 5 weeks.
Hey. Does anyone have a backpack I could borrow and take to Thailand with me? It doesn't have to be super cool (although I prefer it not to have Sponge Bob or Superman or something on it). I could buy one, but I'm thinking I'll probably never use it again, so why spend the money, huh?
I'm not usually a scatter-brained person, but I think I'm slowly losing my mind. You know that "Walmart Syndrome" where you go to Walmart because you need one specific thing, so you go in, pick up a few other things, checkout, and get home only to realize that through the mind-altering powers of Walmart, you have forgotten the one thing you specifically went for?
That's the sort of thing I've been doing way more than usual lately. it started with the incident of wearing two different shoes and a worthless trip to Walmart and it's continued with other, even more absent-minded things. I guess I'm stressed about the trip or something. If this doesn't stop soon, I'll become one of those people who always has to say, "I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached."
*I’m almost embarrassed to say it, but I’ve officially been blogging for four years now.
*I placed a small wager on the Super Bowl (or The Pretty-Good Bowl as my brother called it), and I accidentally won!
*I’m almost freaking out about going to Thailand – not so much being in Thailand – it’s the preparation that’s wigging me out a little.
*I had a really good weekend – stayed quite busy doing all the things I wanted to do (and none of the things I probably should have done, but didn’t feel like doing).
*I wore two different shoes to church last night. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. Different socks, yes - but not different shoes. They were very similar. At least I got to say, “I’ve got to run home to change shoe,” a phrase one doesn’t get to use in the singular that often.