COUNTDOWN TO THE PACKING BALLET

Maybe this should be titled

Dragon Math Part Deux

2 x 5 + 3M / 2.5 = Uhhh… what was that formula again?

or better yet,

Failed Forays

As here we sit after no less than 3 extemporaneous excursions: 

1 mall, 2 local strip centers, no DSW [wonders never cease] and a partridge in a pear… {oopps, wrong NOWAT.}

The net for all this running around is:

2 blouses, 1 light sweater and 0 [count ‘em] 0 shoes. 

Looks like those “gotta have casual sandals - that can be dressed up” may not make the trip.  Yeah, she whiffed again on the shoes but seems to be ok with it… today.

So today it’s “Closet Chaos & Clutter Clearing” time where she stands in the closet alternately trying on “Dis & Dat” which either:

gets rehung, put on the “Maybe Rack” or the Good Will Bag begins to swell.

The Good News is that all the morning power walks at T-Y Park coupled with all those IsaGenix Supplement Shakes and Late Night Cookie abstinence has paid off BIG TIME.  She is now fitting into stuff once destined for the GWB and she is getting giddy over it.

   “Look Honey, These FIT!!!

   “Oooohhh, I can get into this now!”

   “Ugh… these jeans gotta go!”

And so on.

Chucky’s “Stuff”, on the other hand, is already on the “This Goes” rack, just waiting to get bagged by Thursday, knowing the REAL Packing Ballet won’t start till Friday night.  Which, of course, won’t end ‘till he drags the bags to the car for the trip to the airport… and even then:

   “Oh Honey… Got room for this…?”

And of course he is really intent on getting her to be frugal with “ensembles” and opt for mix & match to reduce the load, hoping to be able to get it all into the “Carry On” bags.

Since there is no direct flights to A’dam, he hates checking luggage for connecting flights, especially since they’re getting on a boat and thus no place to deliver “mis-routed bags” that finally catch up.

So yeah… he’s delusional if he thinks SHE will be taking a cruise without:

  “But I gotta take this cute {fill in the

   blank} for Formal Night…

   Oh and These gotta go too… and….”

OK… so he’ll have the BIG bag standing by, but ya just know he’s gonna try and jam it all in… one… last… time, as she throws one...last.. thing on the bed for packing.

   "Hey, there'll be no room for"IT"

    if you keep this up!"

"IT" being the oversized blow-dryer she insists in taking everywhere instead of the nifty little travel-sized dryer he bought just for these occasions... but oooooohhhh nooooo

   "It's too Loud and doesn't get 

   hot enough... and... and..."

And then it will be Scotch Time.

Ciao 4 Now

Uncle Chuck & The still sorting “Stuff” in the closet,

Dragon Lady