![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
After a whole weekend of family and Farewell Bunco parties and "Not-Farewell" speaking in church, I finally came to a realization: I have only two days to pack for the MTC. I have to fit clothes, shoes, bedding, toiletries, scriptures, etc. enough for 18 months in two suitcases plus a carry-on and my smallish missionary bag. Ugh... and I thought packing up my apartment before graduation was nuts.
(okay, I'm kind of exaggerating about stuff enough to last my 18 months. It's not like I can't get shampoo at a Wal-Mart in Florida or have my mom mail me things I might need. I might be stressing out at the end of 18 months of how I'm going to get everything home).
But a tip to anyone packing a limited amount of items for a long period of time: get those Space Bags for storage. You know, those ones that can pack 10 quilts in a plastic bag and make them paper-thin through a nifty vacuum-hose-sucking-out-air-sealing process? I actually found some travel-sized ones that don't need a vacuum to work (I just open the valve and sit on them until all the air is out). I got my sheets, a blanket, a couple of bath towels and washcloths stuffed into two of those and I have plenty of room for other stuff in my suitcase - whoever invented those do-hickeys deserves a Nobel Prize.
I'm not quite done packing, but my room looks a lot cleaner. I decided to put the totes that have been sitting next to my window for two months in the closet and everything looks much better (not to mention I got all the junk that's been sitting on top of the totes inside the totes for a change). It would figure that I would get my room organized and I only have a day to enjoy it (we're spending the night in town tomorrow night, so tonight is my last night in my own bed).
My laundry just went off -- I'll be back later to type-up an "On Hiatus" post.
(okay, I'm kind of exaggerating about stuff enough to last my 18 months. It's not like I can't get shampoo at a Wal-Mart in Florida or have my mom mail me things I might need. I might be stressing out at the end of 18 months of how I'm going to get everything home).
But a tip to anyone packing a limited amount of items for a long period of time: get those Space Bags for storage. You know, those ones that can pack 10 quilts in a plastic bag and make them paper-thin through a nifty vacuum-hose-sucking-out-air-sealing process? I actually found some travel-sized ones that don't need a vacuum to work (I just open the valve and sit on them until all the air is out). I got my sheets, a blanket, a couple of bath towels and washcloths stuffed into two of those and I have plenty of room for other stuff in my suitcase - whoever invented those do-hickeys deserves a Nobel Prize.
I'm not quite done packing, but my room looks a lot cleaner. I decided to put the totes that have been sitting next to my window for two months in the closet and everything looks much better (not to mention I got all the junk that's been sitting on top of the totes inside the totes for a change). It would figure that I would get my room organized and I only have a day to enjoy it (we're spending the night in town tomorrow night, so tonight is my last night in my own bed).
My laundry just went off -- I'll be back later to type-up an "On Hiatus" post.
