Packing...

I strongly dislike packing, I have moved several times while I was younger and frankly I'm just not a fan of the whole process. First off I have to go through all of my stuff and try to get rid of as much as possible that I either can't wear or use anymore or have lost the liking for. That's a headache in itself for me, I guess I'm weird and can't ever decide if I will need something down the road. Or if I get rid of something if I will miss it... call me a weirdo I know. This move is a little different since I'm coming back, so there are a couple extra steps added to the process. After I go through all of my things, I have to determine what clothes and items I can live without for a year to keep here (that was fun). Then I had to try and pack all of my clothes that I was taking to CA and fit them in the smallest space I possibly could to save on cost of shipping. For this we bought those space bags that suck up all the air around your clothes in the bag to save room. They actually worked pretty well. 1 LARGE bag fit 1 pair of jean pants, 1 jean jacket, 1 pair of jean capris, 1 pair of sweat pants, 2 t-shirts, 1 pair of sweat shorts and 4 camis...and I think that was it lol.So I could fit a good amount of stuff in each bag, we have extra large ones as well. So after packing up things I wanted to ship out, I had to figure out what I wanted to take in the car with me (things I didn't really trust to be shipped out) like our sand ceremony bottle, picture frames and my Willow Tree ppl. I also had to majke sure with Chris that there was room for it all in the car since we are going to be on the road for some days. Meaning we have a cooler, and three bags to fit just in teh trunk of our little civic. Oh, and I had to pack a bag for the road trip, which I wanted to be comfortable and still be able to go out in public for the Grand CAnyon and the Rocky Mountains. Plus I had no idea what the weather was going to be like. It's Saturday and we are still trying to figure everything out! We have shipped 2 boxes(my stuff) and we are getting ready to ship one more today (Chris' stuff). We still have to clean out the car and make sure everything we are taking will fit, if not I guess we will be shipping some more boxes lol. Whew! It's tiring just to write about it all !! lol. But we are getting there, I am also trying to get as many songs on my i pod that I can to keep my busy... in case I need some sound block from my husband and brother!! Haha!