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ABP
Always Be Packing
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trying to plan my trip to new york
every year for the past 6 years, i’ve traveled home to new york for columbus day weekend. this year is no different, and it seems the older i get, the more i have bringing me back. friday-sunday is all i have (which reminds me - take a half day on friday!) to see a handful of best friends, a new baby i’ve yet to meet, and my mom. 10/9 is a good friends birthday as is 10/11 and right in the middle? my momma’s birthday. so far everyone who i’m trying to see has told me “let’s play it by ear” which, i’ve got to be honest… is infuriating. but we can’t tell them that, cause it’s their birthday or baby or whatever. so here i am, playing it by 3 people’s ears, and waiting to hear something….
tentative plan:
fri pm - chicken parm on my mother’s couch in my underwear
sat daytime - playing it by ear
sat night - playing it by ear
sun daytime - playing it by ear
sun night - bus home
Thinking about making an investment in some quality traveling clothes. It’s so important to look good when you travel, for a variety of reasons. I usually just throw together something business casual (jeans with a button down and sweater) which i think is fine, but i think it’d be nice to have a functional outfit used only for traveling. Lots of pockets (because i always manage to pack my boarding pass in my backpack somewhere between check-in and security and the gate) and layers (while it’s 32 degrees here, it’s 65 on the plane, and 92 in cancun). I would even where it on the amtrak, because what’s grander than dressing grand and taking a grand train into a grand ol station? Nothing.
Yes, this will be a sound investment, and one that will require a good bit of research and time. Adventure!!
This was from last year’s trip to Denver. I took it just before finishing up my cigarette and getting on my flight back to Baltimore. I went out there to see Kate and breathe fresh air and eat some burritos. I traveled out there by myself and it was quite an adventure. It was good, really really good. I was alone most of the time there, I walked around and smoked a shit ton and drank an iced coffee from a different shop every morning and thought about how crazy mountains are. Anyway, I decided I’m gonna keep doing these trips, to a different American city at least once a year. Next week I’m going to Chicago, and this time I won’t be alone, but i’ll be with someone who i feel the same as if i’m alone, just… much less lonely. I can’t wait for this adventure! Life should have a lot of adventure. But like safe adventure… nothing wild. Everybody be safe for christ’s sake. Adventure!!
