Things not to do at 8pm the night before you are leaving town on a jet plane for a Thanksgiving celebration and haven't started packing for yourself or your toddler:
-run a travel-unrelated errand at Walmart
-decide to stop at the department store to see if you can find a last-minute pair of casual black shoes that you like
-get home way too late
-start coming down with your toddler's cold (which you were excited was on the wane by the time of your trip)

Things to definitely do the night before you leave:
-Have the absolute bestest, most unselfish, giving, understanding, helpful, supportive and soothing husband in the whole entire world
-Rack your brain for interesting, previously-unseen gadgety things to stuff in the carry-on to entertain a squirmy 18 month old on a plane
-Be ever so thankful to your husband for drilling holes in a small piece of wood and filling holes with assorted screws when appropriate gadgety things are not readily available.
-Be absolutely steamrollered by an enormous sense of gratitude for your undeserved and fantastic life a *whole day* early.
-Make resolutions not to overeat.
-Make resolutions not to overeat even when seriously tempted to overeat.

Happy Thanksgiving! 'Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.'