Finding Joy in Snarkville

Updated to add:  As of 3:30pm on Tuesday, I have still NOT packed a dang thing. 

I have another royal title. I’m not just the Queen of Snarkville, I am also the Princess of Procrastination. I mean why do today what can be put off until tomorrow. (I fear this perhaps explains the dust bunnies that threaten to take over — but I digress.)

So, I have only a few more days until I throw off the office chains and bust out of here into the wide blue yonder. (Gee, Drama much?) Thus, as one would guess I have a few loose ends to tie up. Even normal, non-procrastinating royalty would have a few loose ends to tie. Ah, yes, I expect that everyone would be packing and sending out the “I’m on vacation” e-mails. However, I think my to do list, combined with my sort-of done list gives me claim to my royal title.

The Royal To Do List:

1. Pack. Seems simple, except that I had to take a few things to the cleaners. Those include the dress than Duke threw up on (in October) and the suit I stained before the cruise with the Queen Mum but wore anyway. I dropped it off a few weekends ago — finally got around to picking it up on Saturday. Thus far, I’ve considered putting it in my suitcase.
2. Call the milkman to cancel deliveries. Should have done this on Friday of last week. Now have gallon and a half of milk that we will not drink. Thinking too bad cats are lactose intolerant.
3. Find and pack Duke a bag full of engaging, new and exciting toys for the trip. Um, will be stopping at the dollar store tomorrow while running around like a chicken without a head.
4. Pick up some gift bags and drop off at the yarn store to hold until I pick them up during the cruise. I didn’t get ENOUGH bags the first time — picked up additional ones tonight, will stop at yarn store tomorrow to drop off.
5. Remember to pick-up jacket left at hairdresser last WEDNESDAY.
6. Buy cat food and dog food. Pack dog food in 1 cup baggies for the kennel, because they say they like it when I do that and I have this sick need for the kennel people to like me — and thus my dog.
7. Drop everything tomorrow to renew my ID, because I found out today that I have one day to get it renewed, which should be Thursday, but I’m traveling and hopefully someone will take pitty on me and not cancel my medical coverage just because I decided to take a knitting cruise.
8. Did I mention packing? Did I mention that the closest I got to packing was having the possible suitcases in my room, but very little actually sorted out?
9. Change purses, paint toenails, figure out the travel knitting needed.
10. Freak out that I’m going to forget something, miss something — like my flight, or otherwise screw something up. The pressure.

What I’ve done instead of any of the above — knitted half a sock. Yup, I’m the Princess.

PS. In addition to the sock, I’ve managed to break off the power connector INSIDE my Mac iBook. So, add to the list shopping for a new Mac — until which time Prince and I are swapping batteries back and forth. We don’t share well.

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