#my stomach is hurting just thinking about it

The Civil War Trust has been in the ongoing process of compiling a to-do list for the 150th anniversary. It’s overwhelmingly massive already, but apparently there will be 1400 items on it by the end of the sesquicentennial (one for each day!). There’s a print out version, which is still frighteningly long, but at 400 items it seems a bit more manageable. I’m not sure how they separated these 400 from the leftover 1000, but I imagine there might have been some logic to it. Maybe.

Anyway, the best thing about the printable version is that it’s actually a checklist! Meaning, crazy people like me can use it to keep score of their 150th experiences. It’s very useful.

In an effort to be more organized and also to seem like an interesting, normal person who doesn’t just sit in her bedroom with her Lee and Grant finger puppets and cry over books about Lincoln, I’ve decided I might start blogging about my efforts to tackle the Essential To-Do List. You know, to prove to you all that I do go outside, even if outside consists of staring at pieces of land where soldiers once fought.

It’ll be fun?