So much is going on right now I had to start making \u201cto do\u201d lists, but this morning I accomplished a miracle \u2013 I walked into a clinic and got a COVID CPR test on the spot! One of my lists cited all the sites I\u2019d tried to register for a test to no avail. I had to pay for it today, but after being told I\u2019d be on stand-by for today in case someone cancelled, a very kind technician said, \u201cOh I\u2019ll take her in between registered persons!\u201d I was in and out in ten minutes! Sometimes there are advantages to being an \u201cold lady!\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll soon be on my way to Costa Rica with a friend to bird in the high Savegre Mountains at Savegre Mountain Lodge. I needed to get a COVID test to be sure I wasn\u2019t asymptomatic! Now I can cross that off the list. But I have a list of things to do, write-up, purchase etc. for the pet sitter, another list of things to do around the house, and a third list of items to pack.<\/p>\n
Alfred used to say he sometimes thought my lists had lists, and he\u2019s right, I do have \u201csub-topics\u201d but I find it is the only way to keep track of minutiae, i.e. do I have enough cat litter to last until I go and until I get back, which food is my finicky cat going to be willing to eat and do I have enough, stop the newspaper, what about the mail, do I have enough of a food supply for the bird feeders, how am I going to pack a camera bag, binoculars, handbag, book and carry one and make it look like just two items?<\/p>\n
Then there are book presentations and book stores to follow-up on, dog grooming, clothes decisions \u2013 is everything clean and in good repair \u2013 altitude medication to pick up, and on it goes \u2013 54 line items at this point! Who could possibly remember all that without lists!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been known to get up at 3 a.m. if I wake up and think of something that I\u2019m sure I forgot to put on one list or another. Making lists is one thing, but there is a wonderful sense of satisfaction when something gets crossed off the list \u2013 done \u2013 and pure euphoria when everything is marked \u201cdone\u201d and I\u2019m on my way out the door to a new adventure. More about that when I return home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So much is going on right now I had to start making \u201cto do\u201d lists, but this morning I accomplished a miracle \u2013 I walked into a clinic and got…<\/span><\/p>\n