My To-Do List

I'm counting down in hours now instead of days.

The house is cleaned up and the laundry is all done. I still need to make a list of to-dos and cleaning supplies. Someone from our small group is blessing us with a cleaning woman to come in every two weeks and I have to figure out my top priorities.

My bag is not packed. I need to figure out which bag I'm going to use--I don't think I want to have a carry-on suitcase because that seems like overkill for a (hopefully) overnight hospital stay.

A friend from church handed me a bag on Sunday. Two novels (one Agatha Christie!), her copy of the Pride and Prejudice DVDs, some back issues women's magazines for me, and a bunch of back issues of Scientific American for dh. It totally touched my heart. So between the magazines, a DS from a co-worker, the WiFi at the hospital, and a knitting buddy from church who works at Yale Hospital offering to help him find the best coffee and food, Joe is set.

I need to make a list of assignments for the substitute teacher. The wonderful young woman who is taking care of our kids is a middle-school music teacher IRL. Her school doesn't start until Tuesday, so she's getting her classroom ready early in the week and then taking care of our kids all day Wednesday and part of the day Thursday. She said she was willing to work through the boys' assignments with them. They'll probably go to the lake in the afternoons. They will be in such good hands!

I need to make sure we have quick and easy lunch and snack fixings for Wednesday and Thursday. Our small group is providing meals on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. We'll eat leftovers on Sunday. Monday a new rotation of meals will start.

I feel like I'm forgetting things. What else do I need to do before surgery?