Packing

I discovered this phenomenal website called “OneBag.Com” which goes into exhaustive detail about how it is only ever necessary to take a carry-on with you anywhere in the world. Written by an engineer, it outlines the qualities of the perfect bag and what should go in it and exactly how it should be placed. I marveled at the diagrams of how to wrap-pack clothing so it didn’t wrinkle… but I’m me so I had already been packed for two weeks. Anyway, onebag.com would be ashamed of me. I have the largest suitcase with me that weighed in at a staggering 73 lb(but I smiled my way out of the overweight fee). The magic of it all is that half of what I brought is useless to me since anything without sleeves is just not okay where I’m living and in my desperation to stay entertained I tossed in 30 lbs of novels I won’t have time to read.
Things I should have packed but didn’t
1) My belt… rendering all my pants unwearable bc they will fall down.
2) Bug spray (see Battlezone story)
3) Athletic Apparel
However the onebag.com section on why your checked luggage will get lost did not fall on a deaf ear so I carefully prioritized which things were too precious to get checked. I ended up with a 30 lb carry-on full of mostly books and favorite undergarments and more purses than conceivably necessary… It sort of makes you realize something about yourself in the same way that you might when reflecting on which items you risked your life during a house fire to save… Except what I realized about myself is that I’m a dork and random and should my luggage have gotten lost I would be walking around naked except for cute undies and a great bag.