Pre Trip

If you don’t know, I’m a planner.  I have lists.  My lists have lists.  My lists and the list for my lists get done.  Granted, not 100% all the time, but when it comes to traveling or preparing for something bigger than normal, the lists get done.  They have too….for my own sanity.   I think I make lists so that I don’t have to try and think about everything all the time.  I always have too much on my mind, so reducing a little of it helps.  I like to think it helps Doug too; he doesn’t have to ask what needs to be done…there’s a list!  I had a lot of lists for our vacation a few weeks ago. I also had a lot of lists for my recent trip to Texas.  One list was preparing the house and dogs for friends (Mike, Tammy and their daughter Sophia) to stay for the long weekend.  I portioned and labeled food for each dog, bought new bones, toys and things to entertain the dogs, took pictures of the way we set up the baby gates and the list went on and on. 

Doug has been in Chicago, so I randomly sent him pictures of our beasties: 

I even had a short list regarding my mom since she was going to stay the night because we had an early flight.  Her list consisted of “Go To Kohls” and “Go See Debbie”.  We stopped at to see Debbie so my mom could get some help with her hair.  She learned quite a bit from Debbie and I’m very grateful for Debbie’s talents and her willingness to help my mom.  My mom has been pretty happy and looking forward to some healthy hair changes.  Debbie gave her a quick cut, trimmed up her layers and showed her how to style it.  We bought some products and my mom ordered a flat iron online too.  Her hair looked really healthy when Debbie was done. 

I had $35 in Kohls cash and rewards to spend, so I decided to get my mom a few new shirts – we also got Sophia a cute new outfit while we were there.  We grabbed a couple pizzas on the way home and sat and visited for a while before we went to bed.  Tammy told a few stories that had us laughing like crazy – Tammy could hardly catch her breath too.