LOL at your comments on yesterday's post. Lisa, you'll be pleased to know that a printed version of that checklist was awaiting me when I arrived home from work; Margarita, thanks to you I remembered to get a wee packet of band-aids while at Target. We also purchased, in addition to the items we knew we needed, a tiny bottle of Purell hand sanitizer (Alan loves the Purell), a package of four Shout wet-wipes to remove any incidental clothing blemishes and a tiny bottle of Aveeno anti-itch lotion in case an insect finds me.
Alan's comment is so very, very true: we can't even go to a town 40 miles away for a weekend, a town where we know dozens of people, a town where we know where everything is, without intensive list-making and exhaustive planning. I can't even pack based on one set of plans - I have to plan, pack based on that, then make a contingency plan and pack based on that.
One of my favorite quotes is from the movie Moonstruck, nominally a chick-flick but I find it hilarious. Vincent Gardenia's character is speaking - about plumbing, actually, but it applies to so many aspects of my life: "Then there's bronze, which is very good - unless something goes wrong. And SOMETHING. ALWAYS. GOES WRONG!" I quote this a lot, paraphrasing to fit the situation, e.g., "If we leave by ten AM we should be there in plenty of time for the game. Unless something goes wrong. And SOMETHING. ALWAYS. GOES WRONG!" However, I think that personal mantra might have to be replaced with this quote from my lovely sister-in-law: "you can never be too prepared if you don't want to be eyebrowless in public."
Alan's comment is so very, very true: we can't even go to a town 40 miles away for a weekend, a town where we know dozens of people, a town where we know where everything is, without intensive list-making and exhaustive planning. I can't even pack based on one set of plans - I have to plan, pack based on that, then make a contingency plan and pack based on that.
One of my favorite quotes is from the movie Moonstruck, nominally a chick-flick but I find it hilarious. Vincent Gardenia's character is speaking - about plumbing, actually, but it applies to so many aspects of my life: "Then there's bronze, which is very good - unless something goes wrong. And SOMETHING. ALWAYS. GOES WRONG!" I quote this a lot, paraphrasing to fit the situation, e.g., "If we leave by ten AM we should be there in plenty of time for the game. Unless something goes wrong. And SOMETHING. ALWAYS. GOES WRONG!" However, I think that personal mantra might have to be replaced with this quote from my lovely sister-in-law: "you can never be too prepared if you don't want to be eyebrowless in public."
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It is a cosmic truth that until you achieve perfection something will go wrong.
Enigmatic but inescapable.
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Anonymous, at 8:56 AM
Yep, Things always go wrong! Or sometimes they don't, and you overpacked. But you know the way the universe works . . . the quickest way to make it rain is to forget my umbrella.
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A Margarita, at 10:26 AM
yay! i am glad you liked the list - I can't go out of town without it :)
Lisa
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Anonymous, at 2:11 PM
This is a quote to add to your list (from Kev's old boss when he worked at the salvage yard):
"You never always know".
I think that about covers it :)
Lisa
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DrL/K, at 5:59 PM
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