You Can't Take it with You

Two weeks from now at this time I will be on my way to Ohio. People calm down, you can turn down "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead". David and I are only going out to VISIT. We are not going out FOREVER...yet (thank God). We will be visiting the Extended Stay America and the new building and whatever we feel like because there is NO ONE to visit out there.

Many years have gone by since I have flown and I am finding it difficult to decide what I should pack for a four day trip. Especially since we will be flying from a potentially boiling hot climate to a maybe cold/hot/moderate climate. Of course, the first thought that popped into my brain was "Dear God, what if it's SNOWING when we go?" I know that it is highly unlikely to be snowing in Cleveland in mid-September. BUT WHAT IF IT IS? You are reading the insane ramblings of a girl that doesn't own a pair of socks. A girl that would rather walk to work in pouring rain than carry an umbrella. I don't like to be bundled in layers but you wouldn't know it looking at my closet which is bursting with coats, cardigans and assorted cold weather wear that I never get to wear because it's always too hot out. AND THAT IS THE WAY I LIKE IT,DAMMIT! The short of this is: I don't like being inconvenienced. This four a day trip....a huge freakin' inconvenience.

I am struggling with the fact that I can't take unlimited clothes and shoes and I won't be able to take all of my cosmetics because they are more than the three ounce carry on limit. I am determined to only take a carry on. There will be no losing of my luggage because my screams would shatter glass. The next dilemma is: "Do I take my laptop?" The airline website says I can take a purse or a laptop. Easy, I shove a Lesportsac into my suitcase and take my lappy . Or I say that this pink covered monstrosity with a Gwen Stefani desktop is really David's. I should probably take it so we have internet access and we don't have to worry about reading a map. But if my lappy gets stolen out of the hotel room my screams will shatter glass.

This four day trip has already caused headaches,anxiety,sleep loss,anger and we haven't even left yet. Take all of those emotions, multiply them by a million and you get my thoughts and feelings about relocating permanently. Everything I own and everything I have bought recently has passed the "Do I want to take this to Ohio with me?" test. Material objects take on a whole new value when you are potentially shipping them across country or paying for them to be stored. Do I really need this thingamabob? I've got twenty. But who cares. No big deal. I don't really want more.