Advice about packing

DO IT A WEEK BEFORE YOU GO!!

And you're saying, but Kaitlin, you still have about a week to go, what's the big deal? Well my lovely readers [if there are any ;)] the thing is, I live in Mackay. It is currently 1.24am on a Wednesday morning and in exactly 8 hours and 6 minutes I have to be awake enough to carry my myself and an over packed bag into an airport so I can catch a plane to Brisbane where I'll be spending a week with my Dad, Step-mother and other family. Considering that this is the last Wednesday morning I'll be spending in Mackay for 11 months, I should have started packing one week ago from today. Sure, I made lists (lists are your friends! Make as many as you can about EVERYTHING) and I went shopping. However, being me and my super unorganised self, I left things to the very last minute to pack my life into a suitcase.

Ooops! Big mistake. For the last 2 and a bit hours I've been running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to pack and clean and whatever else that needs to be done. The more things I pack, the more I realise what I haven't packed! It's a vicious cycle *sob* and thoughts are still in my brain about what I've potentially forgotten. My bag was neatly packed with the necessary clothes and everything fit perfectly. Then I realised I didn't look in my other side of my cupboard where I had more clothes which I wanted, sure no problem. Then there was toiletries. Yep, packed good. Here's where the vicious cycle kicks in:

ZOMG I need a nice dress shirt, shoes, razors, deodorant, PJ's, hair ties, where is my camera case?!??!!! where is my voltage converter?!?!!?! OMG I don't even have my YEN!..it's down again, damn it, should have bought it yesterday at 5pm when it was up a little, stationery for school etc, I haven't printed off my meishi, where are my lists?!?! Do I really need vitamins? and I haven't packed up my gifts [which my friends kindly helped me wrap since I fail in that department *hugs*]!!

As you can see from Freak Out A above you can imagine how much I want to drop kick myself for being so lazy and not packing when I at least had the whole day to do it. Now I'm suffering the consequences. My suitcase is no longer neat but everything is thrown on top of everything without order, I will have little sleep and I'm too scared to open my suitcase to check if I've forgotten my camera charger in the fear of caving in, unpacking everything and realising I have to put everything back. T_T why am I so unorganised?

The bottom line is, pack in advance. Sure, you may seem overly keen but that's allowed! Woooot I'm going to Japan in just under a week :D So excited!!!!

I'm going to write a blog about what has happened over the last 10 days within the next few days hopefully. [there's good news about skyping my family, phone calls and surprises :3] The reason why I'm writing this first is because it's currently on my mind and it's bugging me. Now I need sleep...or at least double check I've got everything I need.

Oyasumi,

K x