to do list, 3 a.m.

• wash 5-6 loads at pirate laundromat (braving 100 yds of treacherous snow & ice) done! yeargh!
• vacuum house, so that pet-sitting friend is not horrified by squalor and fur tumbleweeds sort-of done— that is, did not employ a vacuum per se
  
• check flight information for north carolina done
• pack for trip done, slap-dashedly
  
• think up something clever to contribute to blog of navarone story jam regrettably, not done
• pick up bottle of herbsaint for most delightful nc friends attempted, I swear, but half dozen places called not carrying
  
• get cash done
• figure out ground transportation to and from airports done, thanks to most excellent friends
  
• pick up coworker at 8:15 corner of lawrence and california done– well, more like 8:45…
  
• solve certain new product line wallpaper emergencies done and never done
• give animals pets and love prior to desertion done
• consider bank balance and other matters of irresolvable dilemma not done, probably just as well
  
• refuse to look too hard at ongoing Life Questions done!
• do dishes and clean up spilled cat food done!
• remake bed with clean sheets (once washed) not done– rather, freshly washed sheets dumped higgeldy piggeldy for pet-sitting friend to make bed herself
  
• walk dog done!
• fill up car’s gas tank at the cheaper station near work done!
• clean out disastrously untidy car not done– rather, rendered further disastrously untidy with basket of last-minute dried laundry– why indeed interfere with a good run of grunge?
  
• lay out clean towels for pet-sitting friend done!
• write note/instructions re: pet care not done– good thing pet-sitting friend is so ace
  
• um, sleep? not done
• acquire time machine I am contractually bound to silence on this matter.

(the upside– weather in raleigh:

• Today: Abundant sunshine. High 54F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
• Tonight: Mainly clear. Low around 35F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
• Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies. High near 65F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.)