Logistical Freak Out

I am starting to stress.

While I am woefully under-trained, I am NOT stressing about the race. In fact, I am so so excited about that part of it. I cannot WAIT to get running.

I am stressing about logistics again.

If you knew me in real life, this would not surprise you in the slightest - this is what I do, prior to any major event. I stress about details. And race weekend, I have more than one "major events" happening simultaneously. It's a recipe for a Bobbi Freak Out. My husband is thrilled (insert copious amounts of sarcasm here). This post is boring and for me - I am a list maker, so I'm doing this to calm myself down. Feel free to navigate away...you won't hurt my feelings, I promise!

Before next Friday, I need to:
1. CLEAN MY DISASTER OF A HOUSE. While trying to convince The Boy that moving his stuff is not life altering.
2. Clean my Mom's house. (she pays me - I need the $)
3. Order flowers for my parents.
4. Purchase / figure out clothes for the 6 of us for family photos.
5. Figure out race day outfit. (will probably go with tried and true)
6. Purchase card and present for my niece's birthday.
7. Coordinate all of the above around preschool developmental screening for The Boy (yay!!!! I'm really excited about this), 3 volleyball games, and all regular life stuff.

Friday 10/8 will involve:
1. Racing to the Expo for packet pickup first thing in the morning. The kids are off school, so it may be a family affair.
2. Meeting my parents at the Milwaukee airport to pick up my sister and her family. Yes, there will be much driving happening this day.
3. Dinner with crew.
4. My niece will then come home with us and is staying with us for the duration (yay! love her).

Saturday 10/9:
1. Get everyone up, fed, clean, fed again, clothed for pictures and party.
2. Pick up flowers for my parents (hmmm...maybe delivery...).
3. Drive to parents (1.5 hours) and head to park for family photos. (note: HATE family photos...this will probably be my biggest stress of the day. Trying to get everyone looking, smiling, not killing each other is TORTURE for me.)
4. Wish I was not running 26.2 tomorrow so I could DRINK. NEED DRINK.
5. Enjoy a lovely party celebrating 40 years of marriage for my Mom and Dad. We are expecting about 25 or so, which is just the right size. (my Mom put pasta on the menu just for me, and planned it early, again, just for me - I LOVE her)
6. Head back to my parents' for dessert and champagne (well, no champagne for me).
7. Try not to crap out too early - head home for hopefully sort of early night.

Sunday 10/10/10:
1. Get up entirely too early.
2. More driving. Yay. (I am heading down solo early - everyone else will drive down a little later, I think)
3. RUN!!! This is all that matters this day. I can't wait!
4. The rest will depend on how I feel after the race. I really can't care about anything beyond this point. I think I'll let everyone else figure out the rest.

Monday 10/11:
1. Meet in Milwaukee for breakfast.
2. Take my sister and her family back to the airport.
3. Cry.

I am so thankful that John took Friday and Monday off work. It'll all be wonderful. The weather report as it stands looks stunning. There's a Bears game at noon on Sunday (seriously - ACK!) that should eff up traffic, but at that point I'll be close to done, so who cares.

I probably won't be around much in the coming week, but I'm sure I'll torture you with my freak outs a couple more times before it's all said and done.

TEN MORE DAYS!