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First of all, greetings to my LJ friends who can now see all my spammy goodness as soon as it's posted. Ahhhh, cross-posting. Is there anything more vain?

I graduate from my degree tomorrow. I'm very excited and nervous about it, and also trying not to be excited at all about it. I'm trying hard not to listen to the tiny, self-sabotaging part of me that says "don't be happy about this, if you're happy about it, something awful will happen and the world will implode!!!". Instead, I'm trying hard to listen to the oft-neglected voice that says, "hey, you're alright!!!".

Today will be pretty busy. This morning, I will pick up the Mythical Shirt. I was supposed to pick up the Mythical Shirt yesterday. MaxBabe wisely suggested I call them to check if it was ready. It was not. It still needed buttonholes or some such thing. I pushed back my angry response and listened to the sane part of me that was grateful they took the job on at such short notice. They reckon it'll be ready this morning. It'd better bloody be!!!!!! I also have to return a book to Dymocks. I bought it the other day, all excited because it was one I hadn't read before. It turns out I have read it before, but my memory is so &(*@# vague that I couldn't remember I'd read it until I sat down to read it again.

We have to wash about a million kilos of laundry, or at the very least, the clothes we're taking to Wagga. I have to return a shirt we bought from Elio Moda, which unfortunately appears to have a blemish on it. Right on the boob line. You know, where it pokes out. It basically says "Here! Look at me! I'm a blemish!!!". I had a drycleaner have a go at it yesterday, but the stain remains. A bit peeved, but I'm sure they'll replace it for me. Stain aside, the people at EM have been very good to me and MaxBabe. They all recognise us, call us by our names, know exactly what clothing suggestions to make etc. It's a level of service I've never before experienced when clothes shopping.

BestMate/RidingBuddy is going to look after the MitchMutt while we're away. I have a sneaking suspicion we will come home to find MitchMutt has put on about a billion kilos, even though we're only away overnight. He's very good at sucking up to people when he thinks he might get a food reward. Big puppy-dog eyes, resting his head on your knee, small whimpers. It's an art that needs to be witnessed to be believed.

We also have to pack, which I know doesn't sound like a big deal, but we have to deal with the fact that the second leg of the trip involves flying in an overgrown sardine can. This means one piece of cabin baggage per person. That's fine, except I need to carry my suit in a garment bag, and MaxBabe needs her suit to survive the trip as well. However.. we also need things on the plane to keep us sane - eg books, crosswords, snacks etc, all of which will need to be carried in some sort of small bag. Ie a second piece of carry-on luggage. MaxBabe has decided she will pack her suit, in the garment bag, inside a suitcase. I'm worried that it will come out of that bag looking like a homeless man's crumpled clothes. Or that they will lose her luggage altogether. The paranoia that something will go wrong is starting to creep in. SHOO! Paranoia begone! I have no time for you!!

Anyway.. best I go put on some washing.