Party, Play, Panic, Pause, Pack, Plan

This is my agenda for the next week. ;) I'm leaving bright and early next Thursday, August 5 so I will arrive in Venezuela that evening.

Party- My graduation/going away party is tomorrow. Pretty much my entire family, all the neighbors, my parents' friends and some of mine too will be here so it's going to be a nuthouse! It will be nice to see everyone before I go. I am prepared to answer 87293 questions about Venezuela, play some bocce ball, and eat a lot of my mom's good cooking.

Play- Rachel is coming up from Milwaukee for my party so afterward we're going to hit the town... erm, yeah, if you can say that about Appleton. I'm sure we can cook up something fun. :)

Panic- After all my relatives leave and the house is cleared out I will have space to organize and start packing. I haven't started packing AT ALL so I'm a little nervous about how this will work. I already can't find some of the things I thought I set aside to be packed, like my extension cords and power strips, so this is not a good start. Many trips to Target may be involved!

Pause- Take a break from the panicking and packing to watch several episodes of Nip/Tuck, which I'm not sure I will be able to watch in Venezuela. That might actually be a good thing because I should be lesson planning instead. ;)

Pack- I hope to be mostly packed by Tuesday so I can weigh my luggage and not be too rushed the day before I leave. It can't be over 70 pounds (wait, can I even lift 70 pounds?) so I might need to re-arrange and stuff like that.

Plan- I want to start planning some stuff for the first week of school if I have the time. I have Harry Wong's book "The First Days of School" which is helpful but also intimidating because I realize I have so much to do!

So that's the game plan. I can't think of anymore words beginning with P that are pertinent to my proceedings. Maybe I will do my first unit on alliteration....