the ongoing saga of my stomach

( random whining about today's incarnation of illness )

Went to Scrabble last night, won 3 and lost 3, blah. It's painful when you bingo twice, score over 400 and still lose by 70 points. Perhaps I'll do some word study over the break.

Getting more excited about the travelling, despite my great dislike of flying. As of today, I am officially cutting myself off from any current events, such that the state of this miserable war garbage doesn't further affect my anxiety level about getting on a plane on Friday. Send good thoughts for me if you can :)

Okay, might as well do some nervousness stuff while I have the free time...

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13 day trip, at least one chance to do laundry. 4 days of conference, at least 3 days of travel, 6 days of vacation :

pants: 2 pairs jeans, khakis, black work pants, overalls, 2 pairs sweats (basically pjs)
top layers: purple sweater, blue sweater, grey cardigan sweater
bottom layers: light grey cashmere sweater, two t-shirts that coordinate with grey sweater
shirts: silver blouse, maybe one other blouse, couple knit tops
plus work out clothes, socks, underwear, swimsuit, etc.

is this enough? too much? it's killing me to base everything around black shoes, but my shoes are too big to take more than a pair of sneakers and a pair of dress shoes.

packing for this long of a trip is a challenge to my desire to overpack...