The Pre-Trip Freak Out

Yeah, it's been that sort of week. Despite the grand and fun diversion that was mikiedoggie this weekend, this week so far has been one giant stress after another. It will come to head on Friday when I have to board the plane to Dublin and think about the balance of a) gleefully being away from the office, but b) working in hotel rooms for another three weeks (albeit in Ireland).

I'm taking the small accomplishments wherever they are. I managed to get my application mailed off for the new job in my office yesterday. It doesn't close until mid-April, so I wont hear anything for a while, but it's nice that mine is already off to the HR folks.

Things left to do:
-- Get pet sitter the keys
-- Laundry and overpacking (as usual)
-- Get trip DVD's ready
-- Get iPod loaded
-- Digital camera, charged
-- Clean house
-- Call Mom
(Hmmm... it's not as long a list as I thought)

I'm sure I'll be on an anxiety high until the plane takes off. After all, once I'm in the air, the office can't contact me. I have looked at my hotels and so far they look pretty decent and have some really nice amenities and are near some cool places.

Ending with the name meme thingee going around: ( behind the cut )