I should have packed less

I should have packed less.

That's right. I'm going away for the summer and I have too much stuff. And of course, as my travel plans go awry all I can think about is how much crap I have to lug around and what have (temporarily) lost.

Ridiculous extras include:

1. Food: I'm bringing along a lot more food than I ought to. It sounded like a great idea once upon a time. I'll let you know if it was worth it. So far, it's saved my acidic, dehydrated stomach from getting too angry with me after sleeping through two meals on the plane.

3. Books. I'm taking a lot of books as I expect to have time to read at night when I'm too tired to work. I haven't been a good reader for awhile so one of my goals is to make this weight worth carrying.

4. An extra computer. I'm sure this is ridiculous to most of you, but in order to be productive, I'll probably need to have something to entice me into working...like watching shows while managing data. That's the theory at least. I hope it pays off!

5. A little bit of crazy--this is really weighting me down (see #2...).