So packing for a trip is totally different now than it was ten, or even six months ago. I used to start planning WAY in advanced (see previous post). I love to be organized and have lists and a plan. In five days we will be taking a ski vacation. This time around I have only given a few short, perfunctory thoughts to packing -- prior to today. Of course I have been thinking, "Hmmm, usually I have started packing by now...oh well, I have time. Or, " man, we are going to need a lot of stuff for cold weather, I should start making a list...tomorrow."
Today, however, I started thinking earnestly about what all we would need and that I really needed to get organized. Everything takes so much longer with the babe around. I even printed off some "Packing for a Toddler" lists--more to make myself feel like I was doing something than to actually accomplish something. Then I read the lists and started to try and form an idea of what we needed to take with us.
I also read a comment that basically said, "remember packing for a baby, double or triple that and you will have almost reached the amount of items needed for a toddler." (Agh!)
The list became so long and overwhelming that I abandoned the idea of packing and am now trying to avoid all thoughts of packing and preparation--but still pretend I am making headway. (Hence the blog post about what I should be doing rather than actually doing it). I have basically shut down all together. My brain will not perform any function related to packing or preparation for said ski trip.
Now that I have abandoned all hope of packing or thinking about packing today--and also successfully packing for this trip in general--I am starting to become fairly anxious about not having started packing in the least.
I did manage to pull a few suitcases out of the closet though. So I am going to pat myself on the back and pretend I cleared a major hurdle today. Maybe tomorrow I will actually put something from one of the lists into one of those suitcases.
That is unless I become completely overwhelmed and shutdown...again.
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