Here I am less than a week from my next trip to India. This trip is going to be a 7 week trip to Bangalore. I love to travel, I ADORE it. I don't really even care where I am going. I am always just so HAPPY to get to go. Which is why when I say... as much as I LOVE to travel. I HATE to pack. I actually have nightmares about packing. Not just vague feelings of distaste for packing but actual "wake up in a cold flop sweat of fear" nightmares of packing. You see in my dreams I am always rushing around to pack at the last minute. As my flight is literally taking off I am trying to find my stuff and the stuff I need is never anywhere to be found. I look everywhere but I can't find it.
And to make matters worse right about this time before a trip everyone is always asking... "Have you packed yet?". Yes I have... I took all the stuff I use and need everyday and stuck it in a bag, zipped it up where I can't use it for a week.
Of course I haven't packed yet but I am in the early stages of packing right NOW. This stage is the "procrastinating about packing by writing a blog" stage. Next I may move to the "staring at my closet moodily" stage which is always followed by the "trying on clothes I know don't fit me" stage. Of course once my dreams are crushed by the trying clothes on stage I will finally move on to "randomly throwing clothes in my suitcase until I have overfilled it." Then, finally, I will pull out the random crap I tossed in my bag, sort it, cull it, and carefully pack it.
It's really a very simple process and I don't know why I have nightmares about it. I should be done packing by 2:15pm on Friday, October 26th at the latest... It's really too bad my flight leaves at 2:00pm.
Good night, good night! Packing is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
And to make matters worse right about this time before a trip everyone is always asking... "Have you packed yet?". Yes I have... I took all the stuff I use and need everyday and stuck it in a bag, zipped it up where I can't use it for a week.
Of course I haven't packed yet but I am in the early stages of packing right NOW. This stage is the "procrastinating about packing by writing a blog" stage. Next I may move to the "staring at my closet moodily" stage which is always followed by the "trying on clothes I know don't fit me" stage. Of course once my dreams are crushed by the trying clothes on stage I will finally move on to "randomly throwing clothes in my suitcase until I have overfilled it." Then, finally, I will pull out the random crap I tossed in my bag, sort it, cull it, and carefully pack it.
It's really a very simple process and I don't know why I have nightmares about it. I should be done packing by 2:15pm on Friday, October 26th at the latest... It's really too bad my flight leaves at 2:00pm.
Good night, good night! Packing is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
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