tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767882372399480621.post8850593056510645839..comments2023-04-11T10:56:49.628+02:00Comments on CD Covington: Friday miscellanyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767882372399480621.post-88728834088445431412013-09-22T16:45:44.238+02:002013-09-22T16:45:44.238+02:00I don't really have the funding to buy new clo...I don't really have the funding to buy new clothes and luggage. Also I don't check bags, ever, especially now that it costs $25 each. But I fit almost everything I needed for DragonCon (including my costume, except boots and wig) in my carry-on backpack, so. I pack light.<br /><br />My quasi-dry-run was ReaderCon, which I used my backpack and a rolling carry-on that fits under the seat (for anything that needed to come out for security or that I wanted in transit). The backpack wasn't full (DragonCon let me figure out just how much I can actually fit in a 46L backpack).<br /><br />The main difference between RC and VP will be the needing of warmer clothes. I have a few long-sleeved t-shirts, and a couple of them even fit under a cardigan. (Which looks like a granny cardigan because it is; thanks, gram.) I'm contemplating picking up a blanket in the airport. They're huge and lightweight but warm.<br /><br />I'm cold natured, so the Yankee "it's only 50 degrees in here; who needs heat? I have outdoor clothes and blankets" thing ... NO. I heat my house to 68 and still freeze.<br /><br />I worked out a ride from a Bostonian friend (and VP alum), so the part between Logan and the island is covered. (The way back, I have a ride from a classmate.) I might mail a box to her; idk. I'm happy with raisin bran and grilled cheese for a week.<br /><br />My itinerary is in my portable brain unit, both in my Delta app and my email. I can cache the google map of the island in the event that the mobile signal is as bad as I hear. (Paper? Who needs paper?)<br /><br />I'm planning to wear yoga pants on the plane (because they're comfy) with a long shirt. I'll take my sweatpants, and maybe jeans. Unless I get a chance to go to Marshall's or TJ Maxx and find leggings I can wear under skirts. Target only seems to sell gym leggings, which are heavier than I want. I have a fleece hoodie (covered in cat hair, because even washing it doesn't remove it all) and the cardigan. Or an LL Bean chamois shirt; it's warm and less furred.<br /><br />Also I re-wear clothes, so I'd probably only bring 2-3 changes of shirts (though long/short sleeve may matter, idk).<br /><br />I just hope it doesn't get cold enough that I need a real coat, because I just don't own one. I have a ski jacket, but it's not super warm on its own; it's designed for layers.<br /><br />What northerners consider pleasantly cool I consider cold. :/CD Covingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130960187504382508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767882372399480621.post-24875929520208391102013-09-22T10:42:43.767+02:002013-09-22T10:42:43.767+02:00For Viable Paradise, I bought a new coat and a bra...For Viable Paradise, I bought a new coat and a brand new bag to pack everything in. I researched both the coat and the Eddie Bauer bag for over a month before I bought them. The coat turned out to be the wrong size, and I had to get a different one shipped overnight once it was delivered.<br /><br />I obsessively packed everything in the bag and made a "dry run" to my mother's house in Alabama with the luggage just to make sure it could hold everything I needed plus a few extras like a medium jacket and some gloves and a warm hat. I took 7 days of clothes and my "winter gear" for a 2-night stay.<br /><br />I bought enough dry goods (Ramen noodles, cereal, etc.) to last me all six days and had a friend use her superpower to pack it all in the smallest possible box and shipped it to the Inn to myself.<br /><br />I printed out every possible thing: airline itinerary, bus passes, schedules, a map of the island. And I checked it about every two hours just to make sure it hadn't been sucked into a black hole. On the way up there, that two hours became every fifteen minutes.<br /><br />Also, I recall having to have the AC running instead of the heat, but then I'm kind of hot natured. There was plenty of both, though, from what I recall.<br /><br />Just remember to take some comfy 'pajama'-type stuff for . . . I can't remember if it was Thursday night or Friday night. But it was one of those nights.<br /><br />You've been critiqued before. These will be no different than those, and don't forget, you get to <i>give</i> critiques, as well.<br /><br />You've got this. :)Philosophidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313942468242988568noreply@blogger.com