Have you ever tried to pack for five days in Vancouver followed by two months in Greece followed by four winter days in Vancouver then five weeks in Mexico followed by one week in Vancouver over Christmas before returning to Mexico for two months? It is a nightmare!!
Georgia O'Keefe looks down on the drama of packing!
For some reason there is nothing in my closet and drawers that matches anything else. This is the direct result of shopping at Thrift stores and Value Village. Odd items always catch my eye. So, I have a rich collection of every colour, every pattern and every texture. It is impossible to match a skirt with a top! Then there are the seven pair of shoes! Women have to choose between skirts, dresses, tops, shorts, pants, capris, shawls, jewelry, hats and shoes. Maybe I should just buy what I need when I get there?
Will we need winter boots and coats at Christmas?...gloves, touques, scarves??
Of course there are all of the other necessities too...medications, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, cameras, computers, chargers, clock, books, passports, money, pens, earplugs, money belts.....the list is never ending!
A further complication is the need to leave our house in decent shape for our tenant (ie) room in the closet for her clothes, in the bathroom drawers for her stuff....clean towels and sheets...snow shovels in the carport!!
There is a box required for Christmas stuff...gift wrap, cards, small gifts purchased in advance and a box for groceries that would be stale dated by our return. Then there are the prune plums waiting to be harvested (for my sister's enjoyment) in our friend's garden....
...and, a final decision to be made about taking paintings to exhibit in Greece. How will I fit them into our small rolling bags? Argghh!!!
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