Prepping for Vacation
ARGH! I can't figure out what in the hoolies I did with my passport. Found Ashe's, but mine has gone to wherever runaway passports hide. Argh, I wanna get all our paperwork done and filled out and concentrate on getting my packing list ready and the luggage cleaned up.
I really should work on the luggage thing this weekend, and figure out if mine is still good or if I need to borrow mom's. Our luggage is a really old second hand set from Grandma that has served us well for years, but is on it's last strings of life and trying to sign a DNR order against us. :) I feel for it, but luggage is expensive dang it. LIVE FOR ME!
I also think it wouldn't hurt me to pack a lot of the stuff we're not using, like the sunscreen lotion and the sunscreen hair spray(glorious stuff, keeps your scalp from burning in your part without putting greasy lotion in your hair!) and aloe and things like that. Mainly because I'm bored right now anyway, and having to look things up and replace/pack them would give me something to do I suppose.
Could be Grandma guilt, all those years of "are you packed yet???" percolating in my brain because she's not here to hound me about it. I really really miss my Grandma. Deciding to go on this cruise and booking it has really brought that home, Grandma was always interested in our adventures and we talked often during my vacation planning processes no matter what it was, she liked to hash over every detail with me in anticipation, we used to sit and look at the online itenerary and deck plans, and go over the excursion options even if I knew what I wanted to do already. Ashe just gets annoyed when I try to squee over things with him. We used to have so much fun, and she's not there anymore. Even if she did hound me about packing four months before we decided to actually even go on a trip. :)
There was a package from her under the tree, the label even in her writing, and how freakout that moment was. She always shopped way early, and especially for me, she bought my gifts while she was on vacation in Myrtle Beach. I love turtles, so she usually looked to get me something on vacation as it was easier to find turtles. It shouldn't have surprised me, but it did all the same.
Wow, this post took a surprising tone into the depressing. I think I'm going to slink off now and try to reorganize my thoughts.
I really should work on the luggage thing this weekend, and figure out if mine is still good or if I need to borrow mom's. Our luggage is a really old second hand set from Grandma that has served us well for years, but is on it's last strings of life and trying to sign a DNR order against us. :) I feel for it, but luggage is expensive dang it. LIVE FOR ME!
I also think it wouldn't hurt me to pack a lot of the stuff we're not using, like the sunscreen lotion and the sunscreen hair spray(glorious stuff, keeps your scalp from burning in your part without putting greasy lotion in your hair!) and aloe and things like that. Mainly because I'm bored right now anyway, and having to look things up and replace/pack them would give me something to do I suppose.
Could be Grandma guilt, all those years of "are you packed yet???" percolating in my brain because she's not here to hound me about it. I really really miss my Grandma. Deciding to go on this cruise and booking it has really brought that home, Grandma was always interested in our adventures and we talked often during my vacation planning processes no matter what it was, she liked to hash over every detail with me in anticipation, we used to sit and look at the online itenerary and deck plans, and go over the excursion options even if I knew what I wanted to do already. Ashe just gets annoyed when I try to squee over things with him. We used to have so much fun, and she's not there anymore. Even if she did hound me about packing four months before we decided to actually even go on a trip. :)
There was a package from her under the tree, the label even in her writing, and how freakout that moment was. She always shopped way early, and especially for me, she bought my gifts while she was on vacation in Myrtle Beach. I love turtles, so she usually looked to get me something on vacation as it was easier to find turtles. It shouldn't have surprised me, but it did all the same.
Wow, this post took a surprising tone into the depressing. I think I'm going to slink off now and try to reorganize my thoughts.