biting off more than you can chew

i was going to go to bsdcan this weekend, but decided against it last night on my way home from my tev meeting. the idea was that the company was going to pay for a rental car, my 3 nights in ottawa, food while i was there and the conference itself, and in exchange i'd give up my weekend +friday to learn all about the wonders of freebsd. sounds like a sweet plan, and since it was my idea, i'm sure my boss was confused after i called him last night to tell him i couldn't do it.

my reasoning is that i need to know my limits and i'm sure that this trip would definitely take me over them. i've all of the following stressing me out lately and i don't need a weekend in ottawa to compound it, let alone take away a weekend that i should be used for packing:

• moving into storage, and into the new place 2weeks later
• disconnecting cable and setting it up at the new place
• getting a toronto hydro account for my new place
• getting insurance for my new place and making sure it covers everything in storage (suggestions?)
• packing
  
  
• flying home for 2weeks
• working out which day(s) i'm going to be working at our vancouver office
• working out who i'm staying with and what days in vancouver
• i'm doing the grouse grind when i get there
  
  
• this whole ordeal with wakestock
• i get about 3-5 calls a day while i'm at work from all parties involved, and having never done this before, each call is new territory for me
  
  
• freecyclers are lining up to get the stuff i'm giving away rather than move into my new place
  
  
• money is tight and expenses are everywhere (see above)
  
  
• and did i mention that i have no love life to speak of?

adding a weekend of geeking in ottawa just really wasn't an option when i reviewed the above. i just hope my boss doesn't think i'm incapable of ever going to one, 'cause that'd suck big time. regardless, all of this is why i haven't been blogging much lately. lots has been happening with regard to the "ordeal" mentioned in that list, but i just don't think my nerves can take re-capping it all right now. when it's all done i'll post the results. wish me luck, and if you have any herbal remedies for stress, please let me know ;-)