It’s three days to the conference and two days until I leave for Lancaster.  I daren’t bring one thing downstairs until Thursday morning.  If I do, Gavin will know for sure that Mom is going away for a few days.  He already senses something is up and is a bit more clingy than usual.

     Thursday morning before I leave, I’ll backwash the pond filters and make sure everything is running smoothly.  That only leaves one thing for DH to do there and that’s toss in some Koi food once a day.  Even if he forgets to do that, the fish will be fine since there’s plenty of natural food.

     I showed G where the watering can is and she has the keys to the yard gate and house.  B has my car keys so he can work on the fuse problem. 

     All I have to do is close my suitcase, grab the bag of hanging stuff, bring them downstairs, and load the car when my conference roommate gets here. 

     After that, all I need to do is have a good time and learn more about this crazy business of writing.