Preparing for Prudence

Am taking a break from packing and listing to try and save my sanity.  How on earth do you KNOW that today is the day that I need to accomplish all four hundred and twenty seven critical things on my list before I can move on to the kinda-important list?  How do you know that today is the day to grind the raisins into the carpet for maximum schedule interruption? Is it pure instinct that led you to taking out the paints while I went to use the toilet? 

For two minutes. Two minutes, for Pete's sake. HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

Today is one of those days when I remind myself how unselfish and great your father is. How creative and kind. And then I still get cranky about all the crap I'm having to do around this house before we can leave this weekend for Prudence. 

My list for Prudence:

Have car serviced before we hit the road.

Clean out all excess globs of spare popcorns, cheerios and all raisin shrapnel. 

Have windshield repaired from trip to the airport YESTERDAY. (Like I needed another thing on the list...)

Pack up kids clothes- special attention to swim and rain gear.

Kids Medical Kit- poison ivy? Bee stings? Cuts? Scrapes? Splinters? Diaper Rash?  We're covered.

Kids Toys

Kids Art Supplies- all packed up and ready to go

Kids Car toys and snacks- do not forget the water bottles

Electronics- laptop, camera, phone. Trying not to forget any of the chargers, battery chargers or connecting wires. 

Food stuffs. Let's face it, you cannot make Thai food without fish sauce. Not going to happen and it's not something you're going to find at Marcy's.

Clean beds

Put out all the garbage.

Pack up dog food, leash, bed and poop bags. 

Arrange for the neighbor kids to come water my plants and collect the mail for the next two weeks. 

Pack a few clothes for me. 

Your dad's list:

Put space case on the car.

Pack his stuff. 

Yeah, that looks fair.