Traveling Light
For years before leaving on a trip I’d make a list of what to pack: 6 prs underwear, 6 prs stockings/sox, nightgown and bathrobe, 2 prs shoes, 1 skirt, 1 pr pants, at least 4 tops, 1 sweater, rainwear, jacket or coat, umbrella, toiletries, camera and film, passport, plane tix, travelers checks, maps, travel guides, and – depending on the season – bathing suit, sandals, suntan lotion, sunglasses, tennis racket, sneakers, hat, gloves, umbrella. And don’t leave home without the folding iron!
Now my list is somewhat different: cell phone, iPad, laptop, Kindle, and charging cables for cell phone, iPad, laptop and Kindle. And don’t leave home without the meds!
RetroFlash / 100 Words
– Dana Susan Lehrman
Dana Susan LehrmanThis retired librarian loves big city bustle and cozy country weekends, friends and family, good books and theatre, movies and jazz, travel, tennis, Yankee baseball, and writing about life as she sees it on her blog World Thru Brown Eyes!
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Your priorities have changed, Dana. And you have certainly lighted your load!
Yep Betsy! I think at this age we all have lots of pills to pack!
Your packing list sounds familiar. I just took a trip for the first time in about a year, and had to remember what to bring–it’s been so long. Used to bring a whole “library” of maps and books and camera equipment, but now it is in the phone!
Yep Khati, and now losing your phone is like losing your map – you feel lost without it!
Love this list, Dana, and of course those meds … my quart travel bag (the one you show the TSA) is completely full of med bottles. As I wrote in my story, it’s the personal care products that weigh me down.
Yes Marian!
What used to weigh me down was that travel iron – which come to think of it I don’t remember ever using!
Great RetroFlash, Dana! Maybe that’s why I can pack so light – I don’t take any meds!
Lucky you Suzy, keep it that way!
Great RetroFlash comparison of lists, Dana! It really says a lot about all of us over the years — especially the meds. We did a class survey for a recent college reunion and one of the best/most popular questions we came up with was: “On average, how many meds a day do you take?” Sigh…..
Touche!
So true, Dana. The worst is forgetting to bring the cords to charge everything. Cost me a pretty penny at CVS!
Ha ha ha! Hadda laugh out loud. Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-chaaaanges! Quite a before and after comparison, Dana!
Yep, but how did we get from the before to the after in a blink of a (myopic) eye!
I believe the means of transport is commonly identified as “time.”
Ah yes, that devil!