Organized Chaos

 We are at that point in the packing process that things are getting just a little chaotic. But it is organized chaos. The suitcases are completely packed, the carry-on bags are 90% packed, and we only have those last-minute day-of-trip sort of things to add. The charger cables, the cell phone, the boarding pass for the airlines, the pill box, the toiletry kit.

 Add to that, we are busily cleaning house. We prefer to return to a completely clean house after a vacation, it softens the blow of having to do your own cooking and cleaning to not have to start in right away.   As a consequence, we have both things to be thrown away and things to be put out so as to absolutely not forget them, taking up the same space on the countertops. All the while, we are trying to clean around them.

I just spent five minutes looking all over the house for the Blue Stuff spray. That’s the one used on mirrors and glass surfaces. It is supposed to reside in the carryall box where all the cleaning supplies are kept. But I just couldn’t find it.

 It was hiding from me.  Underneath the blue cleaning cloth.

Yep, that’s the sort of day we are going through. The plane leaves very early tomorrow morning, we are heading out this afternoon to an airport hotel so as to be ready to get checked in early and through security.  I’ll be back in a few days for our first travel update, after our 28 hours of travel to Singapore and a few hours rest.