It’s Monday night. I leave a week from Wednesday, early in the morning. The lists of details remaining are long and it’s hard to sleep at night. My usual bedtime of midnight, still gets me up between 1:30 and 3:00 and I lie awake for an hour or so if I’m unlucky. Lucky if I can keep my brain from kicking in to review the lists.

My brother and friends laugh at my multiple yellow legal pads, lined up in a row, categorized and organized, each one hosting a different list “theme”. This is all in addition to a 2″ binder, but in there, everything’s buried. At this point, I need it all in front of my eyes.

A slew of yellow legal pads keeps my lists orderly and right out front.