Right now, I find myself eyeball-deep in the travel preparations again. Let me tell you, those three or four days before a trip are ones I usually want to just block out of my memory. I miss the days when we could just throw some clothes in the suitcase and go. Now I have to pack easily four times as much stuff, which really overwhelms me.
It isn’t actually the stuff that overwhelms me. I’ve packed it countless times before and I have lists that I reuse every time. It’s how to pack it. It seems like I’m always changing my method of packing to make it easier to access everything and save space. This time I’m using more boxes and bins. I’m not sure if it will really save space, but I think it will make it easier to get to stuff, and more importantly, to get the stuff back where it’s supposed to go. You know, instead of all over the van floor. We’ll see.
So far, all I have packed is the diapers, pull-ups and wipes and the snacks. I thought I’d have all afternoon today to get the clothes packed, but I suspect ear infections so we’re off to the doctor. Sigh. Both of the kids have been sleeping horribly the last few nights, Kelvin’s been really fussy, and today Ava told me she has owies in her ears. If they do have ear infections, that’s not something I want to travel with, so I want to get them on some antibiotics (and acidophiles of course) as soon as possible. Hopefully they don’t though…we haven’t had any ear infections in over a year!
So I’d better get myself off the computer and get some packing done before we spend the afternoon at the doctor’s office. I’m hoping to have the majority of the packing done by tonight and then tomorrow we’ll just have to get odds and ends together….plus I’m sure Chad will still have to pack his clothes, computer, x-box (I’m sure he’d bring a wii too if we had one), and the rest of his stuff. Should be interesting!
Posted: February 2nd, 2010 under Random Thoughts.
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A few weeks ago, Chad decided he was going to start cooking dinner one night a week. This may or may not have been prompted by me telling him that I hate cooking dinner when the kids are around (which is every night). LOL