Goodness, my catchy titles make me laugh.
Of course, the day before I depart for the first leg of my journey a blizzard has arrived in town. Luckily though I have my three sisters, our dog, and plenty of food to keep my packing extravaganza stress free. After all, I can't change the weather-It's out of my hands. Just about everything is packed in the car with the exception of my bedding and the clothes I will use for the next two weeks in Maryland and on the road. I've established a bag of miscellaneous car things for the trip that includes a mountain house dehydrated ice cream sandwich, a box of tea, and wipes for the days when Steph and I will avoid showering.
Tomorrow morning I will gather the last minute items-toothpaste, baby blue spruce trees, phone charger, lap top, etc. Then, if the weather holds out I will either purchase two new tires for my car or get my leaking tire patched before I head to baltimore. If both those options fail, I will purchase a tire inflater from Lowes that plugs into a car lighter and inflates a flat ANYWHERE. A road warriors dream come true.
In the Christmas News department, I am the proud new owner of a mini sony e-reader, a pair of roper gloves, a harmonica, and a sporty/stylish blend bracelet. In particular, the e-reader settles the debate of what books to bring as I can have them ALL in a small device that doesn't even weigh as much as a paperback. Sweet.
I feel like I did as a kid right before you make your first jump off the diving board into the deep end of the pool. The twenty seconds of anticipation before you finally just jump feels like a lifetime of ponderance about what you could have done to better prepare yourself for your first big swim. But none of it matters as long as you just do it. You can't swim in the deep end until you actually jump into the deep end. There's no simulation for such a thing, only reality.
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