Saturday "To-Do" List

1. Wake up at the crack of dawn (8:15 a.m.). Check.
2. Freeze my bazookers off at Tino's 9:00 a.m. baseball game (54 degrees). Check.
3. Rush to the bank to cash paycheck before they close. Check.
4. Go to Publix and buy red wine to season Dominican turkey (that should have been seasoned 24 hours ago but I was too tired to function or do anything once Cristian got home last night at 9:00 p.m.) Check.
5. Throw a few extra things into cart to hide the red wine, just in case I run into the Branch President or anyone else I know while at the store. Check.
6. Season/marinade turkey for 1 hour and pretend that it's been in the special marinade for 23+ hours. Pop into oven. Check.
7. Decide I can't go to Utah with unibrow. Wax my eyebrows. Check.
8. Figure that while I've got the waxing supplies out, might as well give myself a Brazilian. Nope . . . where do I think I'm going? A tropical island paradise? UNCHECK.
   
9. Settle on a simple bikini wax. Check.
10. Realize that bikini waxing is not a job to do solo. Call Cristian and ask him to help. Check.
11. Unable to carry out above-mentioned job. Pick up phone and make a crisis phone call to sister-in-law (who is a licensed esthetician and KNOWS what she's doing and can get me out of my bikini waxing mess). Check.
12. Decide that since I'm flying in the morning it would be nice to not have a raging sinus headache. Hop into van and head to nearest Minute Clinic. Check.
13. Count 10 people ahead of me on Minute Clinic sign-in sheet waiting to get flu shots and 2 people ahead of me waiting to be seen for sick visit. Check.
    
14. Do the math and realize the solo nurse practitioner will not be able to see me before she closes at 4:00 p.m. Check.
15. Drive to the next nearest Minute Clinic (20 minutes further away) and be seen just minutes before closing. Check.
16. Rush home and finish cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Check.
17. Take all the drugs that the nurse practitioner prescribed me for raging sinus infection. Check.
18. Sit down and eat Thanksgiving Dinner with the family. Check.
19. Start to do laundry . . . then realize that if I just pack all my dirty laundry in the suitcase mom will do laundry for me when I get to Utah. Check.
20. Go to bed promptly at 10:00 p.m. so I will be able to have a good night's rest since sister-in-law will be picking Tino and I up to take us to the airport at the true crack of dawn (5:00 a.m.). Check.
21. Toss and turn in bed for 3 hours since all the cold meds have me completely WIRED. Check.
22. Instead of lying in bed thinking about what a crazy day it's been and how I only have 3 1/2 hours left to "sleep", get out of bed and go blog about it. (1:16 a.m.) Check.