Home for the Holidays

This year, we're driving down to New Orleans to stay with my parents for the holidays. Christmas and Hanukkah coincide this year, interestingly -- or at least the first day of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas. I'll be hauling bags of presents with us, is what this means, mostly.

Also, I have to remember to do about six billion things. So far I've reserved the rental car (our car being unreliable), reserved a space for the dog (we have to board him, though the cats will stay here and be looked in on by a friend), bought presents, and plotted our route.


Still to do:

• Stop the mail
• Clean the house (so I don't shock the guy coming to check on the cats, and because I hate coming home to a filthy house)
• Do laundry 
• Wrap presents
• Pack everything, including Menorah and candles, Dreidel & gelt
• Remember to take along meds for everyone
• Especially Xanax
• Remember to take along chargers for everyone's electronics
• Get key to cat-sitter
• Find some books on tape everyone will listen to happily (HAHAHA)
• ??? I know I'm forgetting about eleven things