Just got back after midnight (and a little in-flight bout with food poisoning 😟), started laundry this morning but basically spent the day in pajamas with my cats, surrounded by open suitcases & piles of miscellany.
Ugh bedbugs. The skin on my whole body is now crawling. Ugh. You’ve adopted a good plan!
I think for those unable to immediately unpack the travel bag due to fatigue or other situations, that leaving it in a garage - on cement- or in another safe space that doesn’t have fabric covered surfaces might be an option.
I unpack right away and sort out what needs washing. I then put the travel stuff, backpacks, cubes, etc. together for easy access on the next go-around.
Short trips can be quickly and easily unpacked from, since it is usually just my CPAP (which needs to be used each night) and a small carry-on-sized suitcase. My CPAP case gets stored inside the empty suitcase in a hall closet, so that part is easy to do. I also usually travel with a large shoulder bag unless we are traveling by air. The shoulder bag is my gigantic "overnight" bag, and I do overpack it, but it lives on the cedar chest in my bedroom, ready to go at any time. The smaller bags inside it can be removed or added as needed (medications, shower supplies, toiletries, etc.).
The bigger challenge is the long trips in the trailer, where we are doing a lot of packing and unpacking at home. By the time we unpack everything from the camper and carried in the bins of food and clothing and other supplies, I'm D-O-N-E. The perishable food items get highest priority, so any other bins tend to sit and wait for my energy to return. (Reader, her energy doesn't return quickly.)
Got in last night from ten days in Germany.
My bedroom looks like a crime scene.
Let's just say...it takes some time.
Jet lag cannot be helping either. Good luck with re-entry.
Up at 3:30 this morning!
😬
#InSolidarity
Just got back after midnight (and a little in-flight bout with food poisoning 😟), started laundry this morning but basically spent the day in pajamas with my cats, surrounded by open suitcases & piles of miscellany.
Oof, food poisoning. 😢
Ugh bedbugs. The skin on my whole body is now crawling. Ugh. You’ve adopted a good plan!
I think for those unable to immediately unpack the travel bag due to fatigue or other situations, that leaving it in a garage - on cement- or in another safe space that doesn’t have fabric covered surfaces might be an option.
Sorry about that skin crawling sensation. 😬
I unpack right away and sort out what needs washing. I then put the travel stuff, backpacks, cubes, etc. together for easy access on the next go-around.
Short trips can be quickly and easily unpacked from, since it is usually just my CPAP (which needs to be used each night) and a small carry-on-sized suitcase. My CPAP case gets stored inside the empty suitcase in a hall closet, so that part is easy to do. I also usually travel with a large shoulder bag unless we are traveling by air. The shoulder bag is my gigantic "overnight" bag, and I do overpack it, but it lives on the cedar chest in my bedroom, ready to go at any time. The smaller bags inside it can be removed or added as needed (medications, shower supplies, toiletries, etc.).
The bigger challenge is the long trips in the trailer, where we are doing a lot of packing and unpacking at home. By the time we unpack everything from the camper and carried in the bins of food and clothing and other supplies, I'm D-O-N-E. The perishable food items get highest priority, so any other bins tend to sit and wait for my energy to return. (Reader, her energy doesn't return quickly.)