A Checklist for Las Cruces

In a little less then a month, Mrsfabp and I will board a plane in Connecticut and fly down to Las Cruces, NM for a two week visit. I resist calling it a vacation because we will be very busy looking at houses and condos and townhouses (oh my!) as our plan to relocate continues to move from dream to serious business. For those keeping score at home, we have put our house on the market to sell, I have been granted my job group upgrade, and we have a meeting scheduled with a financial planner to consolidate Mrsfabp’s retirement plans, making it easier to retire. We are dealing with enough stress for 10 people, so this bit of time away is a respite from the drama our lives have become.





One concession to older age I have made is the reliance on lists. The need for this became most apparent to me when I left my pants in New England while going to Long Island for a wedding (see THAT story here…) Now Mrsfabp is absolutely great at making lists, she just never remembers where they are and makes multiple lists of the lists we have. I figure if we put our list here, then we will always remember where it is and can check it at a moments notice, thus Our Checklist for Las Cruces. Feel free to add things to it for us in the comment section below!




The Las Cruces Checklist
-put in for my vacation time from work
-get some new shorts and a couple of tee shirts, the national uniform for the retired to New Mexico set
-Get my camera stuff together – pictures, we need pictures
-get my wheelchair refurbished and put into optimum condition
-pack our electronics; this includes cell phones, iPod with music, audio books and podcasts, new iPad (to be ordered very soon!) and GPS from CollegeBoy (he does not need it in Manhattan this summer, subways travel in straight lines!)
-make sure I have all my medications and prescriptions updated and filled and a two week supply packed
-pack sunscreen, sunglasses and hats for the time there
-get out bags and suitcases and remember to pack light; last February we over packed and we VOWED not to do it again. One suitcase and one carry on bag is it. If we need it but forgot it, we’ll buy it
-confirm airline reservation including seating, car rental (hoping for a snazzy red one again!) and motel reservation
-make our list of homes/condos and townhouses to look at and forward to our realtor Todd so we can set up some days of looking
-make a list of some of the things we want to do in Las Cruces this trip with our friends and on our own so as to maximize enjoyment over the two weeks there
-a Yankee present for our friends Bill and Clair...

T-MINUS 24 DAYS AND COUNTING!