Trying to Find the Silver Lining - Grr. I'm not headed up to the GWW site early after all. First, I was up until 2 am. I tried to get up after only 2-4 hours sleep, and as you can imagine, I was not able to do that. (What is *up* with my brain that I even entertain crazy ideas like that?!?) So then I thought I'd just power through and pack and get ready and still get there before lunch. And with each task, and each tick of the clock, it dawned on me I just wasn't going to get there in a reasonable amount of time at all.

So thinking about it (as I hauled 4 bags of trash and recycling out to the bins), the idea formed that arriving on Sat or Sun (super early) was *only* for people helping set up the site. With how late I would be arriving today, that's just not ethically right. I shouldn't be allowed on site early, if I'm not helping set up the site. I *did* pre-register, and that means I'm allowed to arrive on Tuesday. And I was already planning on driving up Tuesday night, just to hang out with my stuff, serve coffee on Wednesday, and then return home for a Wed night and Thursday evening commitment. Really? Why not just set up on Tuesday since I was planning to go there Tuesday anyways, and not stress about arriving on Saturday (yesterday) or today, since I wasn't really helping on site early after all.

This leaves me feeling bummed, but appropriate, because it just feels ethically more correct not to show up until Tuesday.

Now it's "Silver Lining" time in my head. Here's some things I've come up with.

• I can clean the house more, by staying home today
• I'm saving gasoline by going to site only 2 times, not 3 times
• I won't have to sit in southbound 5 traffic for work tomorrow morning
• I won't have to pack for work and the event at the same time
• I can spend some time paying bills and balancing my checkbook at home tonight
• I can pack at a reasonable speed, instead of rushing around crazy
• I can prepare for the baronial council meeting tomorrow night
• I can buy less ice because I'm not leaving food in coolers for an extra couple days

There's probably more, but I still need to use my time wisely today, rather than squander it.
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The To-Do List and the Done List

• Put away clean laundry
• Wash dishes
• Take out trash and recycling
• Clean Kitchen Table
• Pack kitchen items, dishes & dry goods
• Make fresh food shopping list for Tuesday Thursday
• Pack 2 Coffee Bar boxes
• Clear space in living room to stage bags and boxes: Move the loom into place, move my camping equipment, move the extra craft boxes
• Pack carry-on bag with SCA accessories
• Pack spinning, sewing, crafts
• Pack garb
• Check bed, linens, & towel
• Do laundry of camping linens
• Clear pile of paperwork, clean out purse & blue bag, recycle all the junk mail, shred the rest, reorder bills & cards
• Pack bed, linens, & towel
• Check and pack tent, dayshade (poles, roof, walls)
• Pack drum, music journals, scribe materials
• Pack rug, table, chairs
• Pay bills
• Balance check register
• Update CTG website
• Clean up the broken glass near front door
• At the end of everything, relax & feel better

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Finished Objects: The list above, for GWW. The big new My Projects list for running commentary and tracking

Today's Blessing That I'm Thankful For: Right thinking after sleep