SOC Sunday: Baggage for Vacation…Physical and Mental

It is that time again!  Stream of Consciousness Sunday a la All Things Fadra.  Basically it’s like this, you just write about whatever (you can choose the writing prompt on Fadra’s page) or just let your mind run…for 5 minutes timed – no proofing, no corrections (that is hard for me on this laptop b/c of the crazy touch pad and my eye twitches when I see the red squiggly line indicating WRONG so I occasionally bend to rules).

Today, I choose to go off the rails with my 5 minutes…

GO!

I supposedly have control issues even when it comes to other people’s homes.  We have been going to the same home on Cape Cod since I was about 8 years old.  Now that I am older, I still L O V E that house BUT I am also a main cook while we are there and it has presented some issues.  I have a tub of cooking gear that I bring every year.  The first time it was a small plastic one.  Now it is a full on out of season sweater tub.  Last year as we were loading the car, I thought to myself.  Has my life gotten so controlling and complicated that I REALLY need to bring all this stuff with me?  I thought I was a little more creative than this.  Now is the time I start planning for our trip; what to bring, what to do, what to cook…I have been thinking about that tub and how I can simplify my vacation this year instead of piling on the ‘stuff’…both physical and mental.  It is hard!  I am trying to challenge myself forgo the big tub for a smaller packet of items but I keep adding to it.  How do I pare down when I have so many expectations?  Then it hit me…no one is expecting anything from you but you.  A forehead slap moment if ever there was one…

I am bringing my knives.  There is no compromise on that one.

and my microplane.