Looking at a Road Trip

I am not at home. Yes you read that right. I have flown the coop so to speak. I joined saintvi on a road trip to the deep south. I am currently on my way to Arkansas. I will be returning to Indiana on Saturday March 14th. Although I took my computer with me I’m planning on being much too busy to read and respond to your blog posts and any comments… Well, that’s the plan. Sort of. You see traveling with saintvi is an adventure, in a “flying by the seat of your pants” way. Now I have to admit that it seems to work well for her. But my OCD requires a tad bit more, um, organization. I tend to pack the suitcase in a very specific way. First I examine the weather forecast and make a list by day and high/low temps and chance of precipitation. Then I list what I plan to wear each day. All the clothes are staged and packed so that they are placed into the suitcase in order that they will be worn with the last things on the bottom. I also made a list of the shoes I plan to wear with each outfit in an effort to minimize the number of pairs to take. So as you can see, this is not a toss it in and zip it up process. It requires planning and at least 3 to 4 days. I made several lists, checked them off as things went into the bags. And still I forgot some things. *sigh* I attribute my having left a couple of things to having food poisoning on Monday night and all day Tuesday. It was brutal. I can only blame it on the pizza that Sparky brought for me. It was Hawaiian pizza and I should have just said no. He was contrite but I think deep down he hoped I’d back out of the trip. Anyway I’m having fun and will be doing some geocaching and visiting the source of all things LuLaRoe especially leggings. Not to worry – I won’t buy them at full price ($25) when I can get them for $2.50 at Goodwill!

Anyway I’m a pretty chill traveling companion for the most part. It might take me a little time to figure out the dirty clothes packing options. But other than a very strong need to have a tidy and organized suitcase I have learned to go with the flow… That’s my mantra this coming week – “go with the flow”!