We leave the country on Sunday.
I just started packing tonight. :-D Yes, I am a good procrastinator - but I need to feel a little bit of a time crunch before I can really see past the stress to get things done on anything major. Then I go into headless [robot] chicken mode and stuff happens fast.
I spoke to the airline operator doing the overseas flight, and found out that we can leave little one's car seat behind - YESSSS! I was so not looking forward to trying to get through the airport with our luggage to be checked, two car seats, a jam-packed diaper bag, another carry on bag, and two grumpy kids. Two adults just aren't meant to manage all of that, though I know it's been done (by better organized and crazier people than me!).
Now, if they can add a baby bed thing to linebacker baby's seat for us (I'm waiting to hear on that), we'll be able to fly car seat-free, and that'll be one huge hassle off my mind. MIL has car seats for the kids over there, so that's not a problem.
Think, think, think. I feel like Winnie the Pooh. Pack, re-pack, do more laundry because I want that shirt, not this one.
I know we're going to forget something important. :-D I just hope it's something we can do without until we get there. And it won't be the camera, gosh darnit. That thing is going to be glued to me for two weeks.
We still have time. I'm going crazy for nothing.
I think I'll sit back and relax for a while, until the next wave of "OMG OMG must pack NOW" hits. :-D I am a very calm ball of stress. It's impressive. It won't last.
As long as it gets me through to Sunday. Got a puddle-jumper flight from here to Atlanta, and then straight from Atlanta to Frankfurt.
I can't wait to be there. I can wait to go through the flying and customs things.
Uh-oh...I'm being drawn toward the suitcases again. Nooooo!
Thirsty Tuesday, anyone? :-D
the_infernal_optimist posted on Nov 27, 2007
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MissMimi said on Nov 28, 2007....
Now Infernal, I don't think I've been paying attention. how long will you be in Germany?
A transatlantic flight with 2 children under the age of three. You will either be a blithering idiot or a woman with nerves of steel when it's all said and done. Come and find me-- I'm a veteran blitherer of long standing.
Above all, have a wonderful, safe trip!
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silverwhisper said on Nov 28, 2007....
ugh, what a pain! i suck at packing, to be honest. and i echo mimi's question: for how long will you be there again?
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the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 28, 2007....
We'll be there until the 16th.
Mimi: Oh good - I'll have company in the "needs a padded room to calm down" category when it's over. :-D
ed: I hate packing because I know that no matter what I do, something will get left behind...but if it were left up to DH, a lot of somethings would get left behind, so I guess I'll do it anyway. ;-) I got pretty good at it with all of the weekends shuffled between parents along the way.
~Infernal
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destinydiva said on Nov 28, 2007....
aaaw infernal, I so know that feeling !! even a trip to the supermarket involves miltary planning once you have kids!!! :-)
I am sure you will have a wonderful time once you get over the preperations! :-) xx
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Alyss said on Nov 28, 2007....
Infernal I sincerely hope your trip is a good one. ;-) -
nytquill17 said on Nov 28, 2007....
I'll miss you while you're gone! But I know you'll be having a blast :) Or an extreme case of mommy brain...or both :p
I am pretty handy at packing. But then, I'm not packing for a whole family! And I, too, do the crap-gotta-pack-oh-wait-it's-not-time-yet thing for a few days in advance! It helps me to make a master list of everything I know that I want or need to bring. Then when I think of something else, I write it on the list and I can put it out of my mind and not worry that I'll forget it. And looking at the list helps remind me of other things I haven't thought of yet.
The thing I always forget? Pajamas. I plan an outfit or two for every day, I think through my morning and evening routines, my shower, make sure to bring a book...extra batteries...and forget about p.j.s! Thankfully I've forgotten them enough that I've started making a point to remember them!