I need a vacation from my vacation plans!!!

This is so ridiculous!  My daughter and I are counting down the days til we jump on the plane and head to Florida.  Counting today, we have 5 days left to go.  It seems each day brings something new that MUST be done before we leave.

Tomorrow is the 4th and we have the parade to prep her bike for.  Her Girl Scout troop is going to be in the parade, but we still don't know where it will end to get vehicles in place for afterwards.  The troop leader wants to decorate the float and bikes 30 minutes before the parade at a nearby church.  However, we live on the street the parade floats line up on and we will have to be out of the house by dawn to be able to get our car out of here.  Meanwhile, my daughter has tonsilitis and is still not feeling her best.

I have to clean up my husband's mess from his week home.  He unloaded his truck on the front porch, left his trailer out, and didn't weed eat out front.  So that has now been added to my list of things to do prior to tomorrow.

Once we leave, the boys-hubby, 11 year old, and 4 year old, will have the house to themselves for a week.  This is a very frightening concept to me, as hubby will be back at work for another week when we arrive home.  I can already see the mess I am going to come home to.

I haven't flown in 17 years and that was to visit a relative who I have not seen since then.  That relative is going to be in town for 2 days just before our trip and I must make time to see her.  Also flying has changed a LOT since then and I am learning all the new regulations, rules, and guidelines.  My daughter has never flown and my 4 year old has never been away from me or his sister for more than a day.

It seems each day we get closer to leaving, more and more piles onto my list of things to do before we go, and each of these things seems to take up a day I need to be spending doing trip preparation.  For instance the dentist and doctor's appointments we have had the last two days. 

Really I had a list of things to do and was getting a lot done towards the goal of what I want done before we leave, yet it seems none of it has been accomplished.  The realization that my 4 year old son is going to be with my parents for a day, then with hubby for 6 days, then 2 days with my girlfriend, having not been away from him is getting me worked up emotionally.

Most of what needs to be done is minute daunting little details like packing his bag for my friend's house so my husband won't forget anything, loading songs on my daughter's mp3 player, or putting DE between everyone's mattress and box springs (the latest local news is that bed bugs are on the rise here), and measuring and weighing luggage again and again.

Now I must decide what priority to give each task and get to work.