RETR@migo: August 25, 2007

I mean, Naomi is an adult now. Too early to make her executor of our will? (Answer: YES, emphatically, yes. No way we're trusting it all to an 18 year old.) But it does mean we prolly need to rewrite it. And, ya know, add Danielle! 😬

Death Plan

So, we’re off to Africa to see the animals, the tribes, and the dunes, and hopefully not die. It’s semi ok if we do die though because we have written our will. Half of you are saying “you mean you’ve gone this long without having a will?” and the other half are saying “um, who cares?” If you’re in that first group, calm down – we both have wills now so chill.

We used to be in that latter half, figuring that “if I’m dead, what do I care what you do with my stuff?” Very valid point I think. That is until you start planning a camping safari to a place that has about a dozen ways to kill you every day & night – including the aforementioned animals and tribes as well as guerilla forces and bugs carrying 20 different deadly diseases. So, I guess what I’m saying is, although we’ve traveled to a lot of places and done a lot of dangerous things, we never really thought about not making it back until now.

For the record, Naomi & Amigo both have alot to gain by killing us. So, if we ever mysteriously disappear, please tell the police to start the investigation with them. Thanks.

It turns out that writing the will was pretty easy. We got some software that interviews you (like TurboTax) and then spits out a basic will (although even the basic will is 10+ pages). It’s like Will Preparation for Dummies. It’s a good thing too because reading the legalese included in it gives me tired head – except “bequeath” which actually makes me feel sick.

Oh and that’s another thing we learned during this process… we have nothing to bequeath! I mean, yeah we have assets but nothing of value other than the house which would prolly be sold. Everything else is just normal everyday stuff (furniture, electronics, clothes, keepsakes, etc) that doesn’t really have any value – even the cars don’t count because they’re depreciable. About the only stuff I could think of are my toys: hockey equipment, telescope, Wii, DVDs and the arcade games. Of course, those aren’t up for grabs anyway because I’ve specified that they be buried with me. Alas, there won’t be a scene like in the movies where everyone gathers around to hear what treasures we’ve left them. Sorry.

So, we’re off to Africa to see all the stuff and hopefully not die, but ya know, don’t worry about it if we do. Everything has been taken care of.