The List of Many Things...

This past Saturday I helped host a bridal shower for a wonderful friend of mine, Lana. I have a lot of love and respect for her, and I cannot express my excitement for her and her fiancé! So, for the past few weeks, quite a bit of my time and energy has gone into making her day special. I was stressing, thinking, "okay, after the shower I'll concentrate on prepping for Cambodia." {Have I mentioned that I'm moving to Cambodia? Oh, well, yeah, I'm kind of having this huge, life-changing experience happen, and well, I'm occasionally freaking out.} So, whenever anxiety would rear it's ugly head, I was able to talk myself down, knowing my full focus would eventually be on the 500+ things I have on my 'moving out of the country' to-do list. Well, the shower happened. Gifts were opened; tea was sipped; sandwiches and fruit were relished; bonds, new and old, were formed or tightened; and a beautiful bride was loved and celebrated. Finally, I was able to breath, relieved, knowing that my sweet friend now knew a small portion of how much we cherish her and her friendship. Leaving the tea room at the antique mall, I knew that I was ready to handle whatever was ahead of me...tomorrow. I phoned my dearest hubby to request I have the night off, and he responded with pizza (extra cheese, light sauce, and mushrooms - yeah, I can be a little particular) and Sprinkles cupcakes - yummmm!!! We spent the evening with grease, soda, sugar, and a murder mystery. *sigh* Actually, those first two usually make me sick if not administered in low doses, but when I do indulge, how sweet it is! Sunday was church, singing at the nursing home, and then running some needed errands before retiring for the evening. Then Monday came. The day I would begin conquering the many items to be done. Everything went well throughout the day. Many things were accomplished.
But.
Yes, but.
Still, nothing that directly prepares us for Cambodia. AGH! Wesley came over to help me with my website for Flirting with Fonts, but after a lot of confusion and some frustration, we realized I needed an update which required an hour-long download. So, I sent him on his way, with many thanks. Yet another thing that wasn't marked off the list of Many Things. Inside I started panicking, but I was able to brush it off because I still had some painting to do. Yes, that would be something to mark off the list. {Yay!} In case you are unaware, I have this knack for picking "oopsie" paints from the Lowe's mis-tint shelf. Quite a few colors in our home are a result from either an "oopsie" color, or a Brandi creation, using 1 or more "oopsies" with another color we have on hand. I went to work mixing and testing; mixing and testing; pausing to see if Mr. Bates was going to take that nasty comment from Thomas; and then some more mixing and testing. 3 hours and 2 Downton episodes later, I still didn't have the perfect color. Ugh. Bradley arrived home from his rehearsal (he sings in a jazz group - did I mention he's awesome?), and I went to bed feeling defeated as I stared at the invisible list of Many Things. I'm honestly not sure if my anxiety or Bradley's battle with allergies was the culprit for my tossing and turning, but eventually sleep overcame. Besides, there's always tomorrow.... and if there is no tomorrow, then there won't be anything to worry about, right?!