Packing for a few days is hard to do...
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
March 30, 2019 8:28am CST
Oh it's not the toiletries. Those are easy enough to remember. Even the phone charger can be remembered if one places it at the top of a list. Clothes? Plenty of underthings? All easilhy remedied if you have access to a washer, which I will.
Of course I'll pack enough anyway, I always do.
My laptop will be going with me this time, I'll have to figure out how best to pack that.
No, you see, it's not that those things that make packing hard. Oh, I will have to remember to get the food out of the freezer that I am taking with me, but even that will be easy to remember.
It's the books! I have to start today (Saturday) deciding which I'll take with me and I'm not leaving until Wednesday! I may go to the thrift store and grab a few more as well, just so I have plenty of variety!
I know books aren't a packing essential for some, but for a reader like me, it certainly is. I can only watch so much t.v. before getting bored.
What's the hardest thing for you to pack when going on a short trip? It could be because you always forget it, because it's just awkward to pack, or well, any reason.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
I make a list and put the important things up top or else underline them. Before I leave, I check the list and make sure I have everything. Before I leave wherever I've been, I do the same.
This next week I am only going a half an hour down the road...
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum that's a good system. It's good that you aren't going that far.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
@simone10 Yes, this is just a pet-sitting thing. In the fall the plan is to go to Tennessee, I'll have to be doubly sure I have everything then. Tennessee is four hours away.
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@snowy22315 (208964)
• United States
30 Mar 19
Could be anything..I never seem to have enough when I go on a trip. I will be going on one in April..and should probably start planning now!!! Or I will invaribly leave something behind.
@snowy22315 (208964)
• United States
30 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well it's cool you will be able to mylot then.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
@snowy22315 Amongst my other sites, though I wonder if I should inform them I'll be using a different IP? Same County and State though, different city.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
I make lists well in advance. Either mentally or physically, or both. I'm just going thirty minutes down the road next week to dog sit, but I'll be at their house all day for atleast four days.
Our get away trip isn't until the fall. Plenty of time, but I still like to have what's what planned well in advance.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Apr 19
I am making the list of things I am bringing as I type this. I almost forgot my perfume and lotion. I will probably obsess over it until I am at their house and then it won't matter what I've forgotten.
Atleast I'll be somewher that I can do laundry.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
31 Mar 19
All the things that hubby doesn't seem to worry about... drives me crazy! He can go a week with one tiny bag!!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Mar 19
I always have too much, but I'd rather have that than to have too little!
It would drive me crazy to travel with someone who can get by with a tiny bag full of things.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
I do not want to forget anything so I start my list days in advance. Like right now, I haven't written anything down but I have a mental list. I'd rather write a lot of stuff down and cross out things I don't need, then to not write anything down and end up forgetting something.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
I do my packing almost all last minute. I make the list days in advance so that I can add to it if necessary.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Mar 19
@Sheali Yes, pretty much. Another day closer to going...
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@Marilynda1225 (91116)
• United States
30 Mar 19
I always had trouble packing books too but then I got a Kindle and bring that with me. Saves the trouble of choosing books since I have a good variety on hand. Plus it doesn't take up a lot of space.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
This is a "no kindle" year for me. Plus my kindle doesn't work. I do have the kindle app on my laptop and I am bringing that with me... But I work on my laptop, so using the kindle app is a distraction.
And then shoes.
Hubby packs the same no matter the season/weather.
His way had him needing to shop sometimes@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Mar 19
I'd rather have my clothes stuff prepared, it's an added expense to buy clothes, unless it's something you've budgeted for.
