going home with bonnie jean

i really don't know how it is possible that my brigadoon equipment, that i pack away so carefully each year, gets spread all the fck over the entire basement storage area. but, it does. last year i could not find my sleeping bag so i purchased another. this year i found two. after a prolonged search i also recovered the cot sheets, blanket, mosquito netting, bungee cords, lap desk, brigadoon hoodie, rodeo togs, river togs, rainbow keds, and a completely wacked out bamboo ground cover which i believe at one time was the property of mini-me and after this season will become the permanent property of brigadoon.

i really want to pack light. really. rea. lly. but it just never seems to happen. firstly, it's a sleepaway camp. you have to bring your bedding and towels. that stuff takes up a lot of space. then, there are the shoes. working in the kitchen, we're required to wear closed-toed shoes and because being locked up in shoes all day makes my feet très unhappy, i need at least three pair to rotate. pluswise, must bring the hikers in case i get a chance to saddle up ol' bessie and go out on the trails. pluspluswise, seeing as how i've got my lifeguarding cert this year, i might get called upon to go along on river hikes, so must have river shoes. pluspluspluswise, OMG shower shoes. see? SHOES.

i would like to have 1 bin of linens, 1 bin of clothes, and 1 bin of other shizzle. three bins, plus the plastic drawers. (plastic compartments, not plastic pants.) plus, the big pillow. plus, the sleeping bag. plus, peshal. not going without ol' pesh and his poor slung-up arms.

i will also be bringing harry potter, which means i really must finish american gods - a very good book of which my inability to complete in a timely manner should not be taken as an indictment.