Insomnia is a rare problem for me, but I do predictably suffer from lack of sleep right before an important event. It's the "kid on Christmas eve" phenomenon, where I'm just too wired and thinky to sleep. Running through to do lists in my head, looking forward to seeing my art car friends again, and so forth.
This is bad for obvious reasons, the main one being I'm about to do a solo 1200 mile drive, and I kind of ought to be well-rested. But on the bright side, I've already sat around web surfing all morning and it's not even 8:30. Time to get a jump on the day!
The only errand I have to run today is buying food. I don't want to spend the whole trip eating at chain restaurants or fast food. So I'm going to try the tip I learned from Chris of the Heaven and Hell car: take a cooler full of fruit, cut vegetables, and sandwich fixings. Use hotel ice machines to refill the cooler every night. Voila! Portable mini fridge.
Other than that it will be a day of odds and ends: print out the pet sitter instructions, get the new camera bag set up, write the car insurance check, alter that cute sundress that's gotten too big in the bust, and oh yeah, pack.
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