Thursday, April 25, 2019

Trials of an OCD packer

I'm a ridiculous overplanner.  I'm ridiculously organized and overthink everything.  There are contingencies upon contingencies, plan Bs and backups to backups.

That's why this back-to-back trip thing with 40 hours between them shouldn't be so anxiety-producing.  But it is.

The bedroom is its usual staging area of stuff.  Two suitcases litter the floor.  Clothes and toiletries are strategically piled for easy transition.What can be packed now is. I have in my head what needs to be laundered and packed for Europe and what needs to go from one daybag to another.  But other than passport and credit cards, does anything else matter?

At some point I need to stop and enjoy the ride.  I think that time is now.  After I check the Toronto bag one more time.  I should have everything in there that I need (Morrissey ticket, passport, credit cards?)

Hopefully I'll look back on this in a couple weeks and laugh.  What a first world problem for a travel-holic.