Well I finally got this set up. Honestly the hardest part was picking a title. After brainstorming with my mom and two of my sisters for at least twenty minutes, I decided that just picking a title and moving on to slightly more important things like packing my suitcases would be the smartest course of action (or at least meditating on the act of packing my suitcases because at a glance the task is quite daunting). Looking at all the stuff I have to take with me and then looking at the two suitcases I have to stuff it all into is almost comical. Before I pulled out all the clothes, shoes and bottles of shampoo I'm taking with me, I figured the suitcases were big enough for ME to fit into. But, the more I add to the pile of "must have" items (like my 9th pair of shoes), the smaller my suitcase seems. Its as if the darn thing is shrinking. And it doesn't help that every time my mom looks at the collection of things I'm taking with me she just shakes her head and says "That can't possibly be enough for a semester", which of course prompts me to grab one or two more items I had written off as unnecessary. Needless to say, more posts about packing are a possibility in the future, maybe even a three part mini saga (entitled "Ode to the duffle bag" or a self-help mini series "Over the limit: My struggle to keep my suitcase under 50 lbs"). All i know is that I have four younger siblings and if they all sit on my suitcase and I still can't zip it, then I will just have to leave a small part of my soul behind in my closet to keep that fourth pair of boots company while I'm gone.
Here's to hoping it won't come to that. Til next time :)
