Maybe I'll feel less-overwhelmed if I make a list. To make it tangible.
Here's a start. I'll probably add to it in the next two months.
- Keep on drying foods. Finish carrots and cabbage, start broccoli.
- Organize dried foods, pack into week's-worth bags, organize for mailing.
- Make list of approximate mail-stops based on approximate hiking progress.
- Clean out closet. Steve wants "my" side while he's home alone 'cause he doesn't have to crawl over the bed to reach it.
- While cleaning closet, organize my stuff and throw out a lot.
- Go over contents of backpack, re-organize.
- Make list of weekly groceries for Steve to buy and send me.
- Update immunizations for dog and cat so Steve won't have to worry about it.
- Or forget that one and let him do it.
- Buy headlamp.
- Buy new battery for camera.
- Buy second memory card for camera (so Steve and I can exchange full and empty ones.)
- Go over contents of backpack, re-organize.
- Sew loops onto Tyvek ground cloth so I can pitch it as a tarp if I want to.
- Sew extra gear pockets into tent.
- Re-waterproof rain gear and tent.
- Re-seam seal tent.
- Grow out hair to no-fuss ponytail. Stick it out thru in-between stage. Do not cut now.
- Make sure enough family and friends are watching out for my mother.
- Finish woodburning hiking poles with family/friends' signatures.
- Get snail-mail addresses for postcards.
- Shop for sample/travel size toiletries.
- Order 6-months' supply of contacts.
- Fill prescriptions.
- Make sure all adult children are on birth control -- NO ONE is to have baby till Nov.
- Arrange automatic bill-pay for my Achilles physical therapy.
- Go over contents of backpack, re-organize.
- Spazz over whether I have the right assortment of early-spring clothing.
- Prepare box of stuff I'll need (or might need) Steve to send me later on: different shoes, warm-weather sleeping bag, warm-weather clothes, different or extra xyz's
- Go over contents of backpack, re-organize.
- Get traveler's checks. Also will carry some cash and bank card.
- Go no-mail on my email groups. Give Steve access to groups so if I get killed by bear he can notify them.
- Worry that I'm not ready.
That's a start. I'll add more if I think of more......
4 comments:
Great post - and I love the photograph. I don't know if you like to do these kind of things, but I nominated you as one of my favorite fabulous bloggers- the "rules" are in my most recent post. Happy Monday
#25 cracked me up!
#9 made me smile. #25 made me laugh out loud!
Sometimes when I travel I print off snail mail addresses on to small labels. Then I don't have to transcribe anything, just peel and stick. Don't know if that would work for you.
The picture made me laugh. That's what my office would look like if i used stickies.
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