Mrs YesBut and I are going to Holland tonight.For a week Mrs YesBut has been rehearsing her packing. Every time we travel, she goes through the same ritual. Mrs YesBut collects, on the spare bedroom bed, all the cloths and things she thinks she will require. She then packs all the items. Then unpacks. Then repacks all the items in another case. Then unpacks. This cycle of activity continues until she is satisfied she has selected the most appropriate bag.
Then she asks me to put on the bed, all the things I want to take, with strict instructions to keep them to a minimum. Then she goes through the process of deciding whether one bag will be sufficient or whether we should have to take two separate cases. All very time consuming, that’s why she has to start a week before the departure date.
After she has finished I have a rummage through what she has packed. “Why do you want to take a box of salt?”. “And what’s this jar of Lemon Pickle doing here?”. ”Bananas!?”. All the contraband is removed.
After the final pack is completed I add the essentials: a box of Twinings Chai teabags, a jar of honey to sweeten my chai, a container of drinking chocolate for my bedtime drink, a box of coffee mate for the chocolate drink and finally a jar of peanut butter for breakfast - the absolute minimum essentials.
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2 comments:
We usually pack on the morning. But a travel kettle, Assam tea, UHT milk, sugar, biccies and a puzzle book are essential.
And you can never have too many pants. But then, given the small Bear I live with, I am never likely to forget these.
Hi Helena
So you are Bob's mom.
Nice to meet you at last.
He's said such nice things about you, I think he loves you very much.
So when you pack don't forget his honey.
I bet you are proud of Bob, a very clever bear.
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