fnarf999, I love the phrase, "as the panic silently builds." That's exactly how I feel sometimes before we leave on a big trip. I don't know why I feel this way -- I love the planning and I love the trip, but the night before we leave I'm always very anxious.

And I have lists, lists and more lists. I usually lose the first couple of lists, so by the time I've written it down 3 times, I remember it whether I have the list or not!