Itinerary Walkthrough and huge TTD list


I made it back to town from Philly late Friday night. My body was still on EST but stayed up late to try, still up early Saturday.

Allysha had a soccer game and Aria had a surf contest. Allysha's team played well and won 3-1 what a difference from the last game they played – good passing, aggressive play – it was fun to watch.

Aria originally was slated for the short board but ended up surfing long board also. She advanced to finals in both events – the only Scotts Valley girl and only one boy – Nathan, advanced to finals. It was a long day and Aria was cold and tired by the time she surfed in her long-board heat at 4pm – conditions were great most of the day but started falling apart. She was a real trooper and fought her way out – gave it a good try – had some bad wipeouts, emerged with a bloody foot and still decided to surf in the short board heat at 4:45. I was very proud of her – the coach actually gave her the option of pulling out of one of the finals but she surfed both. It was late and cold – but guess what – she scored second in the short-board and sixth in the long-board. The second place medal is her best finish in any surfing event. This competition marked the seventh in a row where she made it to finals. Scotts Valley ended up in fourth place out of 7 teams. Not bad.

The entire day was eaten up – rented a movie, came home and fell asleep. I was up this morning at 4am PST still fighting the time change. I worked a little this morning and eventually woke Pam up and we started working through the 30 odd items we have left to do before we leave.

We are hosting Thanksgiving for ~30 people this week. There is a small going away party this weekend - if you are interested in coming give us a call.

I am trying to get my knee diagnosed. Snoopy our cat is doing much better.

The biggest accomplishment was proofing all of the tickets and vouchers that we received Friday evening. We validated all tickets, visa's, reservations etc. We scanned all of the original tickets and important papers – passports, birth certificates etc. These are copied to our travel notebook and a flash drive. I will also be emailing them to myself in an encrypted zip so I can get to them from gmail.

Tomorrow will be another busy day – I am actually looking forward to my Dr. appointment – perhaps I can get some pain relief.

Good Night for Now.

P.S. -

Here is the TTD list for anyone interested

  1. Review Tickets/Vouchers -
    1. Rebuild Itinerary
    2. Scan Eye Prescriptions, Certificates, Passports, Tickets and Vouchers
  2. GPS/Geo-locate pictures process
  3. Call visa, bofa, amex with itinerary
  4. Phones
  5. Verizon - cancel data card – suspend account?, replace broken Razr
  6. Catt AT&T - global plan
  7. Transfer Money
  8. Scan School work after Independent studies meeting Tuesday
  9. Copy paperwork to flash drive and notebook
  10. Send blog information to family, friends
  11. Aria, Allysha, Pam booster shots
  12. Brian Dr. appointment Monday
  13. Medications –
    1. Call Blue Cross
    2. Got to longs
    3. Fax Dr.
  14. Prepare for Open Enrollment for new Insurance in January (while we are gone)
  15. Arrange Ride to Airport
  16. House Key
  17. Travel power adapters
  18. Property Tax Bills
  19. Activate Credit Cards
  20. Fuel stabilizer
  21. Move paperwork to safe deposit box
  22. Get travelers checks
  23. Build Google Earth for NZ, AU, Thailand, India, Egypt, Italy, Croatia, France
  24. Repack - next Sunday
  25. Send out going away Party Invites for Saturday 25
  26. Pam get Sunglasses
  27. Cancel House Cleaners
  28. Sutter Medical Bill
  29. Train house sitter on using scanning
  30. Thanksgiving Shopping
  31. Call Vet
  32. Phone Calls for Thanksgiving
    1. Art(Chairs)
    2. Dad - dish
    3. Susan (Chairs)

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