I’m packing. (For reals this time, ya’ll!)
Check it out. I even made my bed … so that I could then cover it in crap and sort through it all to figure out what I’m packing.
But… I HAVE A SYSTEM. Really. I know it doesn’t appear to the be the case, but I assure you that I know what I’m doing. It’s really complicated and involves light refraction and plumb-bobs. Lots of physics too. You wouldn’t understand.
(Incidentally, how freakin’ cool is the word plumb-bob? Kind of tickles when you say it.)
My plan is to get everything packed tonight and either loaded into the car, or piled up next to the door ready to go out first thing in the morning. Normally when I drive home to Pennsylvania, I leave at 7 AM. That enables me to hit all the major cities that I go through (Louisville, Cincinnati and Columbus) at non-rush hour times. However, this time I’m not traveling on a weekday, so that doesn’t really matter. So IF I can get my lazy arse out of bed earlier, I may leave at 6 AM or so.
… Not to mention, that gets me into the land of ice and snow while it is still daylight.
I will be on the road all day tomorrow: 611 miles, 10 (ish) hours. If you wanna keep up with my progress, follow me on Twitter.
Um… and if ya’ll have any, ya know, connections… if you could hook me up with dry, non-icy roads, that would be killer. Thanks!
The trouble with driving home, as opposed to flying, is that it gives me the opportunity to pack an inordinate amount of shit. For me, the whole thing with airlines charging extra for checked-luggage — that was a good thing. It forced me to reign in my packing-bonanza.
However, that is so not the case when you drive a Honda Element and know how to remove the back seats!
Muhahaha… fear my cubic feet of cargo space!
Seriously, Elements rock. I could go on and on about how much I love this vehicle. Sure, they look like toasters-on-wheels, but they are so versatile! And you can’t beat the cargo-space. Seriously. You could fit a pony in there.
See, I told you so.
It’s a good thing I don’t have a roof-rack or trailer hitch or I could really do some damage.
Anyway.
Packing … I have compiled a LIST so as to not forget anything. I am the master list-maker. I’m beginning to think my list is a little out of hand this trip though. For instance, I have five pairs of shoes on my list: snow boots, black dress shoes (heels and flats), brown dress shoes, and tennis shoes. I’m not entirely sure I need all of them, but I feel compelled to pack them all because I can! If I were flying, I’d have one pair of shoes on my feet and maybe one other pair packed. But dude, with all that space in the car, I could bring all my shoes if I wanted to!
What the crap is wrong with me?! Just because I can bring it, I feel compelled to do so.
Ok, wait — I think I’ve come up with an excuse! Ya know how you’re supposed to put weight (sandbags) in the back of your pickup truck during the winter? Well, I’m driving up north into the land of ice and snow … so my overpacking is actually good because it counts as weight in my car, right!? SAFETY FIRST, ya’ll!
