First the fun (?) one… organization…
I’m doing well this week – well, not really, but I’m going to lie to myself and say I am.
Monday – Hair do-dads, sort, cull, get rid of any that you no longer use. That one worked well for me, I was in my bottom drawer digging for something… and I started chucking hair things out. I got to the bottom then moved onto the pull out rack under my sink and did the same thing. Then I moved to the tilt out drawer in front of my sink and did the same thing. I had a PILE of headbands and pony tail holders. Why do I have them? Eventually I get sick of going to the hair dressers and stop doing my hair and revert to letting it grow. It gets to 12+ inches, just enough to donate and WHACK, it gets cut off again. I’m going to fight that urge and get rid of all my hair “junk” and see if I can maintain the short do longer this time before apathy strikes and I let it go again!
Tuesday – Clean face products – cull expired items. Bottom line? I don’t USE face products. Well, I do, I use Oil of Oley and have since I was something like 15. I guess the last few days of this cull will tell all if I’m chucking things I didn’t know I had at the bottom of all the drawers J
Wednesday – Clean out medications – my downfall. I don’t know what is with me, but I have an apocalyptic view of the world. Could it be that mom would ALWAYS say “We’re living in the last days”? (love you mom!) Could be. I just have a VERY hard time letting go of meds. Why? Well, you never know when the end of the world will come and you’re either very happy you have all those pain meds and antibiotics, or you use them to go out “happy” – ha! Ok, really. Yes, I know meds loose their potency with age, but at what point are they of NO use what-so-ever? I guess I need a book that tells me the half life of the drugs in question – then I can decide if having 5 year old antibiotics will do ANY good when the zombie apocalypse happens. I didn’t grow up in the depression, but I have a waste not – want not mentality when it comes to meds. I did toss one thing – have not tackled the meds bin in the cupboard yet, this was from the drawer that had all the hair do-dads in it… it was Pepto that expired in 2006. Would it still work? I’m sure if you took two it would make a dent… it’s just not full strength. I had a hard time releasing my grip over the garbage however!
Thursday – Saturday – clean out a drawer a day. I guess that has been dented a bit by the bottom drawer and the hair stuff, however there is more to be gone through in that area – matching up razor fillers to razor bodies. I’m sure they have a mate in there somewhere, just finding them could be a challenge as they could be in different areas of storage. So, sometime this week/weekend I have to tackle the medicine bin and the drawers – can I count my bin as a drawer? Ha! I did the bin a while back in another de-clutter/organize effort. It works better than the shoebox of the past…. Now take it a step further and get rid of meds that are outdated. I have a feeling I won’t need a bin after that effort!
So maybe fear is really addressed in both of these subjects – fear of letting meds go and fear of going outside of my comfort zone.
I have never been shake in your shoes afraid of change. I have been uncomfortable and a little afraid, but total fear to the point of vapor lock and not being able to DO what you want to do, what you need to do to make something happen? Not typical for me. What is my fear factor right now? Travel. Did I hear a collective gasp out there? Yes, I said it, fear of travel. I jumped on a plane with NO plans and “stopped off” in New Zealand on my way to Australia the first time I stepped foot outside of US Soil. Yes, you’re reading correctly, not even a trip to Mexico or Canada. I went to Australia, by myself and without a care in the world. A few years later, I was off to Europe with my (lovely) cousin Suzanne – with very few plans and NO reservations. We just stopped in at youth hostels along the way and went where we wanted to go. I jumped on weekend flights to Korea. I even moved overseas without a care if the world too…. Now? I’m freaked about committing to going to UAE, to going to Europe without plans. I don’t know if this is just age, or the fact that I have not traveled in 15 years. Yes, you read that correctly – no overseas trips since we moved back from Europe. Sad but true. I have done small trips with kids, with my folks and our biggest adventure in a long time – Alaska. So, what is with the fear of going to a place I have ALWAYS wanted to go (Dubai – well, I’ll be close – in Abu Dhabi) ??? AND we’ve always said we would take Liz back to her birthplace. Sigh. What is WITH me? Why so much fear over this? Why so much trepidation? Today I am facing this fear – fear of choosing incorrectly on mode of travel, fear of the SUPER long flight, fear of going somewhere I have never been, fear of getting off my butt and going. Today, I’m booking my flight!
I’m going to look fear in the face and give it a friendly nod… and move ON…
And I have…. My flight is booked (breathe!!)
This flight arrives the next day | | |
Wed 14 Mar | Departs: 3:28pm from Atlanta, GA(ATL) | DL 1195 |
| Arrives: 5:20pm in Washington-Dulles, DC(IAD) | 1h 52m |
Layover in Washington-Dulles, DC(IAD)1h 50m | | |
Wed 14 Mar | Departs: 7:10pm from Washington-Dulles, DC(IAD) | DL 93851 |
Thu 15 Mar | Arrives: 7:45am in Amsterdam, Netherlands(AMS) | 7h 35m |
Layover in Amsterdam, Netherlands(AMS)2h 50m | | |
Thu 15 Mar | Departs: 10:35am from Amsterdam, Netherlands(AMS) | KL 449 |
| Arrives: 8:05pm in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates(AUH) | 6h 30m |
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Sat 24 Mar | Departs: 1:20am from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates(AUH) | DL 94021 |
| Arrives: 5:45am in Amsterdam, Netherlands(AMS) | 7h 25m |
Layover in Amsterdam, Netherlands(AMS)5h 15m | | |
Sat 24 Mar | Departs: 11:00am from Amsterdam, Netherlands(AMS) | DL 71 |
| Arrives: 2:30pm in New York-Kennedy, NY(JFK) | 8h 30m |
Layover in New York-Kennedy, NY(JFK)2h 20m | | |
Sat 24 Mar | Departs: 4:50pm from New York-Kennedy, NY(JFK) | |
| Arrives: 7:35pm in Atlanta, GA(ATL) | |
Total flight time: 15 hours and 57 minutes – making this a 20 hour plus day to get there with layovers
I gave up calculating times coming back.. it’s too scary!
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