Beaver:

About to leave. Car packed except for computer. Double sadness - to be leaving this little home for two weeks AND facing the trip to Montreal which means really dealing with the loss of my "go-to" person of 45 years. Hope I can weep a bundle when I get safely to Montreal. It might help.

Smart move to mail stuff to oneself. I have done that a couple times and it is a great way to de-clutter the stress of a journey.

Leave now. Get there before dark, with time to unload and sort out the house before exhaustion sets in, she says, hopefully. OK, OK...