{"id":233,"date":"2008-07-06T10:11:37","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T17:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=233"},"modified":"2017-08-13T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T16:59:23","slug":"getting-ready-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My 40th high school reunion is coming up in a few weeks (yes, I am that old).  I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out what to pack, and it&#8217;s taking me a surprisingly long time to get my act together.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Big Foot Fly-in 12\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/12187556@N00\/2628820948\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 0px 6px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3276\/2628820948_b07c7039a0_m.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Big Foot Fly-in 12\" \/><\/a>I know what I&#8217;ll wear to travel in, that&#8217;s not a problem.  But there&#8217;s an informal get-together the day after I arrive (which needs its own outfit) and then the next evening is the more formal wingding (which needs a dressier outfit, as opposed to the casual clothing I&#8217;ll wear during the earlier part of the day).  Then I have one day to just kick back with my friends and do whatever we think of doing, so that&#8217;s another outfit, and then I need travel clothing to go home.<\/p>\n<p>So I figure probably two pairs of jeans, one pair of nice slacks, four t-shirts, two nice shirts, appropriate amounts of underwear and sleepwear and socks, at the very least.  Should I take a sweater or wrap?  Who knows.  The weather there is vastly different from what it is here and even my friends don&#8217;t know the answer to that.  And what kind of shoes?  Probably my Crocs to fly in, and my huaraches for the rest of the time, but what about sneakers?  Dunno.<\/p>\n<p>And of course this will be my first trip as an insulin-using diabetic, and that adds on its own levels of complexity.  I bought a case to hold the supplies and a Frio cooler pack for the insulin.<\/p>\n<p>I bought a larger purse from the Travelsmith catalog, and dug up a leather eyeglass case from the Levengers catalog  that I haven&#8217;t used in quite a while, to hold my sunglasses and my bifocals.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the iPod for the trip, and maybe a paperback book or two (although I&#8217;ve got some really long audiobooks on the iPod as well) and assorted snacks because the airlines don&#8217;t feed people any more.  And my CPAP machine in its bag has to go too.<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m going to get more exercise schlepping my bags through the airport than I&#8217;ve gotten in three days at the gym.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m still looking forward to it!<\/p>\n<p><small><a title=\"Attribution-NoDerivs License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-dropper\/images\/cc.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/><\/a> photo credit: <a title=\"wbskeet37\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/12187556@N00\/2628820948\/\" target=\"_blank\">wbskeet37<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 40th high school reunion is coming up in a few weeks (yes, I am that old). I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out what to pack, and it&#8217;s taking me a surprisingly long time to get my act together. 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