It's Coming...

The date is looming! August 20th is two weeks away (exactly - I'll be going to the airport as I type this two weeks from now) and I am nearing almost ready. I'm not quite there yet, but I've been preparing the past couple days as best I can and hopefully  by Monday I'll be at the almost ready mark. It's not so much about packing as it is running errands (what am I, fifty!?) and getting lists ready. This week I got my massive, extra-large, plum-colored, rolling duffle from LL Bean. I found it at the outlet for $40 lower than the retail price and it is absolutely massive. I think it will work. I will pay the overweight charges if I need to - the thing is absolutely massive. But I usually fill an SUV with my stuff for school, so I think I'll need it. I'll take a picture of my bag all packed and you can see how massive it is, and I will of course update the weight of the bag once it's full.

Also this week (yesterday, the only day I've had free) I bought space bags. I know, I'm succumbing to the as-seen-on-tv powers among us, but you guys, they are the best things ever. I bought the travel ones that don't need a vacuum to be sealed, you just roll them and there's a one way valve that lets the air out and not back in. I think I'll end up using them a lot, my travel suitcase isn't that big (it's also my carry-on) so I'll need all the space I can get when I go on trips.

What else did I get... oh well I got some books and toys for the kids I nanny, but we had an incident involving confusion of ownership of one of the books last night, so I'm not sure they will see much of this new stuff. Maybe some if they are really good. Other than that, I have absolutely no life now that Lily is in Romania (again!) and Alex is off to NYC to visit her dad and rest of family (and then she'll move there next year). I'm just babysitting away, but need some time off next week, for one it's my birthday and secondly, I need to pack!!!!

Now I am off to work (my real job, not nannying) for the day, hopefully it will be busy! I'll update soon I promise!! dwh.