Hibernation

I like my life simple and linear.

That is not possible right now.  I find myself dealing with many over lapping obligations and some very poor planning on the part of others.

The pen pal program that I am part of pairs retired volunteers with school children.  The deadline for my return letter was yesterday.  The first problem?  I have not received my pen pal's letter yet.  The second problem?  I will be leaving town and unable to receive it as of Thanksgiving.  They are having a Thanksgiving dinner for all of us tonight so they must have been aware that a holiday was coming up.

Packing for two different week long trips, back to back, is awkward.

I need to make sure I have enough of my prescriptions to get me through a very long time period. 

I will have a short time period to do laundry between these trips, Christmas cards need to go out in the not too distant future, and garbage goes out for the last time tonight.  Whatever I neglect to put out will be here a long time.

There are other little details to coordinate too.

My response?

Hibernation comes to mind.