Packing

Packing and preparation for a trip is as much of a project as the trip itself, I think.  At least, for me, it has come in stages.  First I would think about what I want to pack and what we might need.  Then I would make lists of what to pack.  Then I would make piles of what to pack in the suitcase.  This has been going on for weeks.

Then, of course, everything we need won't fit in suitcases, so there are other assorted kinds of bags.

There is a computer bag, a snack bag, a trip bag (maps, etc.), a bathroom bag, a shoe bag, a hanging clothes bag, a tennis bag. (and that's just for me)
These are much smaller, of course.

Gerry won't think or worry about it very much.  He said he will just pack for seven days.  Then we'll do laundry.

Gerry's bag

Of course, I know that the moment will come when he will want or need something, and lo and behold, I'll have it in one of my bags!  (especially sweet snacks!)


I can only hope that all these bags will fit in the car, which doesn't ever really have a trunk, just a hatch-back area.

Of course, then there is the problem of which bags you want to lug into the hotel room every night.

Technically, this is a vacation.   But its really the opposite!  Our lives are a vacation;  this is work!