We will be at a chaplain's convention when you all are answering the Friday Five Questions. I'll look forward to reading your answers next week when I get home. At the moment we are trying to get the car loaded so we can hit the road, so this will be a simple F.F. This running around madly in order to leave has me wondering: what are the five things you simply must have when you are away from home? And why? Any history or goofy things, or stories?
1: Seriously: glasses & contact case. Once I slept in my contacts for 5 days--I don't recommend it.
2: Something to do with my hands. I took watercolors, which came in handy for a project, and yarn and a crochet hook to NJ. I get bored easily if I don't have something (besides #3) to amuse myself with while traveling.
3: Books. Lots of books. Novels, of course, because I've never been one to read non-fiction for fun.
4. I prefer to travel with my own pillow, when possible. Can't do it anymore travelling by air (not if I want to avoid the new checked-bag charges) and so I'm in deep mourning. Considering a protest of some sort. Maybe if we all shipped pillows to the airlines?
5. Snacks. I don't eat a lot of the stuff people eat for snacks, although I will admit to the occasional Cheetos binge (prefer crunchy; puffs will do. Chester's Puff Corn rocks). So I usually have some snack packs of nuts with a Fiber One bar, or a piece or two of string cheese with a Luna bar. And water; I'm trying to learn to keep a bottle with me all the time, so that I'm not tempted to drink soda or something I'm not. Geez, that all sounds so self-righteous. Sorry, guys & gals, I don't mean to!
Ouch-- five days of sleeping in contacts makes me want Visine!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the pillow thing. I like my pillow! I want my pillow! It's MY pillow, dangit! And it's hard enough to sleep in strange places, without having to deal with, (excuse me) crappy pillows on top of it!
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warriormare
Good play! I actually thought of putting glasses/contacts, too. It's so annoying to be without one or the other.
ReplyDeleteI like my own pillow, too. Am rather worried about the new airline restrictions, as we're traveling to WA State in two weeks. I'm impressed that you're crafty.
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