not quite 19 Things To Do

1. Fiddle excessively with my new toy - the Asus netbook.
2. Mourn the termination of my Verizon service and thus the obsessive compulsive relationship with my blackberry.
3. Distract myself by researching pay-as-you-go phones to buy once I arrive in Aus. Feel amused and slightly consoled by referring to it as my future "untrackable drug lord phone."
4. Scour facebook for an appropriate 2"x2" picture I can pass as a "passport photo" so I don't have to pay an exorbitant $8 at CVS to take them.
5. See Carlyn 1-3. 
6. Use the utmost discernment to pick the 1% of my closet that will actually accompany me to the southern hemisphere in this. Legit, right?
7. Compulsively plan how I will manage to say goodbye to everyone before Friday.
8. Steel myself for chopping my hair off tomorrow.  Figured it would be more manageable. Now, having doubts.
9. Print all itineraries, maps, and public transport info for the first legs of our trips. Photocopy all important identification documents. Stash in various pockets of my backpack to be safe. Again, the word compulsion comes to mind.
10. Contact various couchsurfers and all potential Sydney connections to make sure we actually have somewhere to stay when we arrive.
11. Finish the various arts and crafts projects that I began this summer so I would feel I was being constructive. T-shirt quilt, NCS scrapbook, and my old room's new paint job all need to get wrapped up.
12. Pick which songs will comprise the 8GB of available space on my ipod, which I wont be able to update while I'm gone. Meticulously construct the best playlists of all time.
13. Eat as many Foods I Will Miss as possible: Chipotle, Trader Joe's corn salsa, Pumpernickel's bagels, Thomas Sweets. Currently looking for volunteers to help accomplish this goal.