I have spent the last 72 hours staring at my computer, and I’m kinda sick of it. Between hotel websites, camping websites, tourism websites, Kansas law websites, DMV websites, Army regulation websites, websites with forms, websites with telephone numbers, unsecure websites, and highly secure websites that require passwords with at least 2 capital letters, 2 small letters, 2 numbers, and 2 punctuation marks, I think I’m going cross-eyed.
I have hotel reservations in two cities, but I’m not 100% sure that those dates are accurate. I have camping reservations for a state park in Missouri for mid-July, because after all this moving, we’ll need to unwind by exhausting our muscles going on long hikes, stumbling around in the dark with petrified children exploring caves, counting 1-2-3-4-5 children every 90 seconds swimming at a lake, slaving for every meal sitting around a cheery campfire, and getting a backache from sleeping on the ground enjoying the fresh air and the sounds of nature and the great outdoors.
I also have a very looooong to-do list with headings like “8 Weeks Before Moving” and “6 Weeks Before Moving” and “4 Weeks Before Moving” and since the movers likely come in approximately FIVE weeks, I’m trying hard not to look at those things not crossed off yet and panic.
Today we more or less begin Week 31 of a 32 week program. I should be elated to be finishing this early, especially since many subjects are done and some subjects, like history, are only fun stuff like reading books about Clara Barton and Robert E. Lee. But I’m looking at that to-do list, and I’m seriously considering eliminating things like the states and capitols flashcards because it’s only review now and two more weeks of that won’t really make a difference in long-term memory storage, right?
Actually, the next three days are so jam-packed with a combination of social activities and medical appointments, that I’m just not thinking straight. Perhaps by Thursday, I’ll be back to my usual hard-line about doing every single thing on the syllabus by golly.
Now off to plan my morning and see what I might accomplish before this afternoon’s running around.
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I echo your sentiments about camping – the crossed out sentiments! LOL!God Bless!
Take a deep breathe! You’re the kinda girl who can build bridges so you can pull this ‘one’ (2, 3, 4) off. I’m praying for you guys and the new little Reitemeyer.
You’re scaring me, dang you guys have to move soon, wow. I’m empathizing with ya. Moving stinks.
I’m impressed you made that many lists. I’m a list lover myself, but not nearly that, um, compulsive. How’d today go?
Jennie,I copied the lists from a book – why do work that someone else has already done? I did actually type them up and save them as PCS To-Do List so that I could re-use it…like a year from now when we do it all over again.I’m pretty list happy, but not THAT list happy. Book had good ideas, though.
Should I be afraid, since I have to move in *three* weeks and I didn’t even know such lists existed?
AnonMom,no, it’s just a list made by a highly organized person who thinks that the more organized you are before the move, the smoother your move will be. Just good ideas and tips to help avoid spending a weekend staring at a computer screen for hours on end trying to see which hotel chain takes pets and which ones have pools and how to have all your paperwork squared away so you can get that reimbursement in ASAP. Your household goods will move regardless, and honestly, I don’t know if it will be any less stressful just because someone is organized.