things I said I'd do, but didn't

[ritaxis]

Okay, the whole ploy of saying out loud and writing down here what I'm going to do is not working: I end up sleeping all afternoon anyway.  So last Friday I was going to make signs for the Friday night vigil. Nope.  I did chat with Frank, which was useful.  Saturday I was going to help my friend Connie at the University childcare center playground building.  I didn't.  I barely got out of the house before dark.

Before I leave --on Monday! -- I have to do the following things:

get my phone ready, which means:
-get my phone activated for international use
-get a Central European adapter for my phone charger

get my car legalized, which means:
-smog it
-get the smog certificate over to DMV and pay parking tickets and get my stickers
-by parking permit for 2009
-(ideally) get my late-registration cleared

pack
(mostly done: I have to winnow the pile of potential clothes, but meds, underwear, socks, and warm accessories are packed: and it's hard to pack for two weeks of cold weather, because how many times do I want to brave Czech laundry facilities versus how much can I carry in one small check-in and one small carry-on, wait, Frank totally has a washing machine in his kitchen, though he has no dryer: I think the hostel has both, though)

get the dog ready, which means
-call brother-in-law to decide on when to deliver her
-print out instructions which I have written
-deliver dog, instructions, leash, and all three medicines

go to the dentist, twice:
-once to drop off the mold for my mouth guard (Truffle ate my old one, which is one reason why I'm exhausted all the time: I need that mouth guard to get any benefit from my sleep!) and to get my new bridge fitted
-once to pick up the new mouth guard

get a present for Frank and Amiruth, which means
-buy peanut butter in a plastic jar for the check-in luggage
-buy baby bok choy, broccoli, and cilantro for the carry-on luggage
-pick lemons and herbs for the carry-on luggage

call my friend  who has had a death in the family and give her the flowers a mutual friend far away has asked me to take her, along with an invitation to visit the mutual friend this spring

The car is the hard one.

Meanwhile, we're having a heat   warmth wave and I can just see how annoying it's going to be to be dressed for the weather in Prague when it's going  to be swimsuit weather here.

And I have been awake for two hours and I want to go back to bed.

It doesn't help that I keep flashing on the fact that the nice fellow isn't going with me and having these brief crying spells, after which I want to sleep again.

Comments

[momomom.livejournal.com]

Hugs, "the nice fellow" moniker always made me smile when reading your journal.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

His memory will go with you.

And how do you smog a car?

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

You take it to the smog-specializing mechanic who tests it for emissions and either gives you a smog certificate or not, and if not, if you've chosen wisely, they repair it until they can give it a certificate.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Ah, we just call that an Emissions Test. But we haven't had smog here like you guys have.

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Check with your bank whether they'll block your credit cards if they suddenly show up with weird payments in Europe. A lot of credit card companies are now blocking 'unexpected purchases,' so you might find yourself without access to your funds.

Have a great time in Prague.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I've already talked to my credit union: they're expecting me to spend a lot of money in Prague!

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Your To Do list makes mine pale into insignificance!

Hope you have a great time in Prague.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

It's only so long because I've been sleeping through the last two weeks and more.