Trip Planning

So marks my first ever real vacation. It's kind of sad that I'm 25 years old and I have never actually been on a real vacation. Sure I've been out of town before but there was always work involved.

My trip overseas last year was for work. As a child my father would drag us on camping trips in the guise of vacations. Of course there was my trip last year to Myrtle Beach but I ended paying for most of it without even knowing it so that doesn't really count.

I have a little under a month to plan for this trip and I want to get it right. I have to have the right clothes of course. All the gifts I need to get. There are however other things that have me paranoid.

Back during Christmas I had a nightmarish trip trying to get to my sisters graduation and New York. I learned some key things then. First is to pack everything into a carry on bag. If the flight is delayed this will allow you to run to the connecting flight without having to check your bag to go under the plane. Saves tons of time. The other is not to carry anything that can even be construed as a weapon, they are kinda touchy about those sort of things at airports now-a-days.

While we're on the subject packing is going to be quite interesting. Not only do I have to pack my clothes but there are gifts as well. I'll find space though. I'm a master packer =)

I'm so psyched about this trip. I wish it were today so I could get rid of all the excitement. Three and one half weeks counting....