Tucson Bound
I leave for Tucson on Thursday!!!!!!!
I'm leaving for Tucson Thursday evening, and I am SO SO SO excited. It's just me going, and the week away from Feller will be pretty terrible, but I am so looking forward to uninterrupted time to visit and reconnect with my friends.
Am I in any way prepared for this trip? NOPE. I am pondering what I will pack, which means debating HOW MUCH I'll pack. Like, Imma be gone for a week, maybe I should check a bag? But I don't WANNNNNNNNA check a bag! But how much makeup and shoes can you fit into your carryon? I think it'll just take some creative finagling of the "overhead compartment bag, under the seat bag and purse" rule. But, SERIOUSLY? You gonna make all your shit fit into what the flight attendants will allow you to carry onto the plane? Like, REALLY?
And that's where I start downsizing the amount of makeup and shoes I would normally pack for a week long trip that involves going to church on Sunday, an occasion for which I like to dress up. I think Imma leave my heels at home this time. I will take two pairs of jeans, because, really? I'll be gone a week; I need to at least PRETEND to wear more than one pair of pants ever. (Feller was SHOCKED and SCANDALIZED that I would pack three pairs of jeans for our six week trip to Cape Town and the UK. "But ... you can just WASH them!")
I might need to pack before I pack just to make sure I can actually fit everything I want into my various bags. Also, I should determine whether I can carry more stuff easily in my GIANT laptop traveling bag or if I should borrow Feller's backpack. And what purse do I want to bring? The heavy one that holds a lot of stuff? Or the one that doesn't weigh five pounds when empty?
And HOW THE HECK am I getting to the airport? My flight leaves at 4 pm, so Feller can't take me because his job is PRETTY STRICT about 9-5, and fuck if I'm paying for my car to sit five minutes from our house for a week. I'm thinking bus, but again, HOW MUCH SHIT AM I TAKING?! Because lugging all that on public transit doesn't sound fun to me. But I might be too cheap to take a cab. DILEMMAS.
Oh, and is my present for BFF's baby shower ready? NOPE. I mean, I guess I have until Sunday afternoon, but let's not wait until the LAST POSSIBLE second, shall we?
There's just so much to do in the next few days, and I'd like to hit the gym before I go, hopefully for my 3 times a week goal, but that depends on when the TV delivery guys get here, I think. Sometime between 1-6. Wonderful. And guess who's been fighting a cold the past three days and, thus, utterly useless for anything that isn't NAPPING? ME. That would be me. Doesn't my immune system know that I have BETTER things to do?
I guess now, while waiting for the TV, would be a good time to be productive.
I'm leaving for Tucson Thursday evening, and I am SO SO SO excited. It's just me going, and the week away from Feller will be pretty terrible, but I am so looking forward to uninterrupted time to visit and reconnect with my friends.
Am I in any way prepared for this trip? NOPE. I am pondering what I will pack, which means debating HOW MUCH I'll pack. Like, Imma be gone for a week, maybe I should check a bag? But I don't WANNNNNNNNA check a bag! But how much makeup and shoes can you fit into your carryon? I think it'll just take some creative finagling of the "overhead compartment bag, under the seat bag and purse" rule. But, SERIOUSLY? You gonna make all your shit fit into what the flight attendants will allow you to carry onto the plane? Like, REALLY?
And that's where I start downsizing the amount of makeup and shoes I would normally pack for a week long trip that involves going to church on Sunday, an occasion for which I like to dress up. I think Imma leave my heels at home this time. I will take two pairs of jeans, because, really? I'll be gone a week; I need to at least PRETEND to wear more than one pair of pants ever. (Feller was SHOCKED and SCANDALIZED that I would pack three pairs of jeans for our six week trip to Cape Town and the UK. "But ... you can just WASH them!")
I might need to pack before I pack just to make sure I can actually fit everything I want into my various bags. Also, I should determine whether I can carry more stuff easily in my GIANT laptop traveling bag or if I should borrow Feller's backpack. And what purse do I want to bring? The heavy one that holds a lot of stuff? Or the one that doesn't weigh five pounds when empty?
And HOW THE HECK am I getting to the airport? My flight leaves at 4 pm, so Feller can't take me because his job is PRETTY STRICT about 9-5, and fuck if I'm paying for my car to sit five minutes from our house for a week. I'm thinking bus, but again, HOW MUCH SHIT AM I TAKING?! Because lugging all that on public transit doesn't sound fun to me. But I might be too cheap to take a cab. DILEMMAS.
Oh, and is my present for BFF's baby shower ready? NOPE. I mean, I guess I have until Sunday afternoon, but let's not wait until the LAST POSSIBLE second, shall we?
There's just so much to do in the next few days, and I'd like to hit the gym before I go, hopefully for my 3 times a week goal, but that depends on when the TV delivery guys get here, I think. Sometime between 1-6. Wonderful. And guess who's been fighting a cold the past three days and, thus, utterly useless for anything that isn't NAPPING? ME. That would be me. Doesn't my immune system know that I have BETTER things to do?
I guess now, while waiting for the TV, would be a good time to be productive.