I flunked Packing 101

Photo by Annie Neborak Packing makes me go insane. You would think I’d be a pro at this. No, I am still packing as I go out the door. Believe me, I started weeks ago. How do you pack for six weeks with changing weather from winter to summer? How do you pack when you want to literally take your whole house with you? Of course you can’t but I try. I am an over packer which only makes travel so much more difficult. I have to carry so many bags inside the place I stay and carry it again when I am leaving. It makes me weary just thinking about it. I want to bring five books when it takes me at least two weeks to read one. I imagine that all the projects that I left unfinished I will do while I am on vacation. So of course I want to bring them along for the ride. I have journals to write in. books to inspire me, puzzles that have sat on the shelf for months but this seem the right time to bring them. Shoes, oh my. What shoes shou...