31 July 2007 - 10:14 am

These are the thoughts on my mind these days:

1. How am I getting to and from the airport Thursday and when I return Monday? (Shuttle from work, leave car here at work, leave Monday work clothes in car; above with get a ride from co-worker to airport, taxi back to office Monday morning; drive as close to airport can park legally for free and call taxi from there both directions; just drive to the airport and do the longterm weekend parking, the original plan.)

2. What am I taking with me on this trip and can it fit in one backpack, or do I need to check luggage?

3. Do I have all the tickets, maps, plans I need once I get there, since I won't have internet access when I wake up in the mornings?

4. It would be nice to get rid of this extra ticket before I got to Chicago so I don't have to worry about it and finding a buyer once there.... Should I post it on Craig's list before I leave?

5. Mentally arranging my new abode. I just had a brilliant idea of how to use a piece of furniture not for its intended purpose, and I think that will help.

6. Determining what furniture I do need (thus why I am mentally arranging) so I only move what I need and can sell the rest without moving them twice.

7. Determining what to do with everything else that isn't furniture and where will it all fit in the new place.

8. When to hire movers, when to sell things, when to have a moving sale, what to take, what to leave, when to do everything...

9. Paperwork to finish reading, filling out and signing for escrow to close.

10. Setting up new utilities, transferring accounts, change of address, letting everyone know of my change of address, etc.

11. Work, and work deadlines to complete before taking this trip this week.

Aaaargh! So much on my mind!

Thank goodness that this trip will be done this weekend, then no more worries about it interfering. Thank goodness escrow will close next week, and then no more worries about that on that front. Thank goodness I will get work done and meet deadlines and that will fall into place regardless.

Things will happen without much effort on my part, getting me closer to the end. I just have to keep plodding from point A to point B, and things will get done.

Just a lot to deal with all at once. Just the way I seem to like it, since me going on vacation and moving and deadlines at work all seem to happen at the same time far too frequently.