Packing...Not My Favorite Thing

I sit here working on the computer , and if I'm being honest- checking status updates on facebook, when I have a far more pressing need awaiting me. Tomorrow I'll be traveling and I really need to pack my suitcase, but the thought of it is shrinking my motivation. The reason...I really hate packing. I truly despise it, and before each trip, find myself wishing that I had a ready-to-go suitcase and toiletry bag just so I wouldn't have to prepare.

I typically wait to pack at the very last minute, which isn't my style in any other area of my life. I am a planner, a coordinator, an obsessively compulsive organizer. My house is already decorated for Christmas, important dates are highlighted on my calendar, and almost all of our Christmas shopping is completed. Yet, for my trip tomorrow, I've done nothing aside from pulling the suitcase out of the closet and tossing it onto the bed.

This is why I hate packing...
*I can't decide what clothing I need so I always bring way too much, and therefore everything either gets wrinkled or never sees the light of day.
*Toiletries are the worst. One of these days I'm going to have a toiletry bag ready to set in a suitcase at a moment's notice. One of these days...not today.
*Everything I pack has to be unpacked when I return, so really, it's just a lot of extra work.
*Complaining about packing takes away from the fact that I should in fact be packing- a detail I still don't care for.

Signing off for now because I need to start packing. On second thought, I'll log onto facebook first...