To-do list for the trip

[telophase]

-- Finish watching rest of Bleach episodes*
-- Clean out fridge
-- Take trash to dumpster
-- Vacuum
-- Collect stuff from the 4 different caches around the apartment
-- Finish burning Mushishi (1 disc to go)
-- Lay out clothes to make final determination of what to take
-- Talk to apartment complex about water bill
-- Ask complex about lease to May, sign lease
-- Finish pet sitter paperwork
-- Drop pet-sitter paperwork off at office along with keys & gate card
-- Sign thing at complex to allow pet-sitter into apartment
-- Tell Super Shuttle about broken gate
-- Pack iPod charger
-- Pack camera battery charger
-- Pack phone charger (phone won't work in Japan, but I'll need it charged once I get back in the States)
-- Pack DVD player charger or there's no point in bringing the thing
-- Print out directions to various places & list of things to get for people & contact info
-- move prescription copies from daily bag to backpack
-- take photos off camera
-- pack Spindrift (& find Bilquis) for homasse
-- figure out what the hell I'm having for dinner Tuesday since nothing left in fridge but stuff that needs to be thrown out
-- pack plastic bags for camera/electronic equipment to keep dry in rain (go to store get the big ziplocs?)
-- mail art & prints
-- Laundry


* I'm gonna do it anyway, might as well put it on the list so I can cross it off when done and feel like I've accomplished something.

Comments

[chomiji]

So when are you leaving? (I know you said, but my chaos-challenged brain doesn't remember.)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Eeeeearly Thursday morning. I've got your Spindrift addressed and ready to mail once I knew you were back; will attempt to get the art stuff out. XD

[chomiji]

I'll be happy to see whatever you manage to send ... . I'm'a miss you! When are you coming back?

(I'd say, take lots of notes and lots of pix, but that's a lot of work to suggest to someone who's going on vacation!)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D I fly back September 12.

I'll take as many photos as possible, and rachelmanija is the writer in the group, so she'll probably have more notes than I will. XD I won't be uploading any photos during the trip, since I don't have anything to do that with, but we'll both try to update from internet cafes and the like when we can.

[chomiji]

Have a great time!!!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Um, you mean Wednesday the 22nd (tomorrow), right? My e-ticket says Wednesday the 22nd, and so does my copy of yours.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

FUCK.


*checks ticket*

OK, glad you saw that. Now I have to do a whole bunch of stuff to rearrange things. ARG.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank God, I scheduled the pickup correctly. yay.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

* I'm gonna do it anyway, might as well put it on the list so I can cross it off when done and feel like I've accomplished something.
Ha! I do that all the time. XD
It's very satisfying. =p

eee! I'm so excited for your trip! I hope you have loads of fun!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It's all about being realistic, huh? XD

Thanks! I'm getting excited, too. XD I mean, duh, but the last couple of times I went to England I didn't get excited because it was more of a "Yes I'm going again, and I know I'll go there in the future" so it wasn't such a thrill as it used to be.

[estara.livejournal.com]

Have lots of fun, don't be too exhausted, stay healthy, oh and Spindrift reached Germany safely last week on Friday.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yay! It seems to have crossed the Atlantic faster than the US. XD

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

You got my email asking you to print the hotel directions, right?

Plastic bags = good idea. I think I will do the same.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup.

If it's raining when taking pictures, theoretically you can just rip a hole in the bottom of a plastic bag for the end of your lens and take photos reasonably safely that way, but I've never tried it.

[chomiji]

Plastic ziploc bags on a trip are always a good idea, anyway. You never know when you'll need to deal with something that's leaking or has lots of little pieces or whatever. I like the 1 gallon freezer Ziplocs for this - they can fit a big bottle of shampoo or whatever and are much tougher than the regular ones.