August 22, 2005

  • The Dance of the Headless Chicken! That's what this feels like! Four days till departure day and I'm working two of them! As they say, the devil is in the details. It would be so great to just walk out the door, drive to the airport, get on the plane, and not have to be concerned about things at home. The mail, the paper, the grass, the cats, the milk ( freeze it or it will go bad), the suitcases ( each taking one, a new purchase), all necessary documentation, insurance...I am trying to make the time to make a list, but if I make it up and put it down somewhere, I will lose it and not find it for two months! And I am trying to do all this while my ADD is in fine shape. I visualize taking everything I have to do, throwing it up in the air to let it land randomly, and then try to find the various pieces to pick up and handle. I know Ginny is feeling major pressure right now, since she has so much which must be done before she leaves, many of the tasks very complicated, and time-consuming, including finding places for us to stay in Eastern Europe. Right now it looks like we will be staying in a pup tent in a vacant lot (do they have those?) in Budapest. I know it will work out, but I live in fear of ther moment when, in the plane over the Atlantic, we will say,  "Oh, my! We forgot the ______! Civilization is doomed!""