Things I Carry...
Things I carry…
I don’t know if I can sum up the things I carry in one blog. Every morning before leaving the house I scan all the rooms to make sure there is nothing else I would like to take with me. I literally take almost everything in my house. If only I could take the furniture! My car is just a large, rolling version of a suitcase. On a typical day, I carry my purse, my black Circle One bag and another bag of “just in cases.” My day won’t go right unless I have my “just in case bag.” It looks like a total mess to other people, but I know what’s inside of it. All the things that I haven’t filed, don’t know what to do with, or just can’t bare to part with or are in this bag. I don’t have my “just in case” bag today because I’m trying to downsize. So, I took everything out of my just in case bag and put it into my black Circle One bag—just in case.
For example, I have Lindi, Rebecca and Donna’s demo presentations. You never know when there will be pop test over one of these demonstrations and a quick study session may be needed. I also have my acceptance letter to the BWP, just in case someone figures out I don’t know what I’m doing and demands to know if I’m “legal.” E-mails! I print out copies of e-mails and carry them around in my “just in case bag.” Who knows if somebody is going to deny sending me an e-mail! If so, I can just whip it out of my bag and submit it for evidence. I’m really trying to get better about e-mails. I save them on my computer. But having a hard copy is so exciting—like Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Oh yea, I carry around stamps. I just recently bought a stamp that has my signature. You know, to make things official. Next, I want stamps that say “urgent,” “top secret,” and “copy.”
I wonder if some of this stems from the fact that my daddy was a police officer and we often watched Hill Street Blues together. My fascination with the criminal world continues today because I watch all of the Law and Orders, NCIS, ect. I love it when they have someone on the stand and then they go to their bag and pull out some convicting evidence. Oh the rush of excitement!! My daddy says that if I were to become a police officer people better watch out because I wouldn’t give anyone a break. He’s right. After retiring from teaching I may look into a job with the VPD. I need to put an application in my “just in case bag.”
Due to technology, I’ve recently started carrying my iPod in my bag. Now this is crazy—I also have an iPhone with an iPod built in. I sync it to iTunes whenever I download something new. I also sync my “regular” iPod whenever I download something new. So, I have two iPods with the same thing on both, and I carry both of them around. But, I can’t stop because you never know when one might be dead and you can’t get to a charger! Right??
Well anyway, some people may call me a pack rat. But, the satisfaction of knowing I have everything I need at my fingertips is just to much to part with. Perhaps one day when I have to carry around baby bags, toys, and oh yea—a baby, I won’t be so much of a pack rat.
I don’t know if I can sum up the things I carry in one blog. Every morning before leaving the house I scan all the rooms to make sure there is nothing else I would like to take with me. I literally take almost everything in my house. If only I could take the furniture! My car is just a large, rolling version of a suitcase. On a typical day, I carry my purse, my black Circle One bag and another bag of “just in cases.” My day won’t go right unless I have my “just in case bag.” It looks like a total mess to other people, but I know what’s inside of it. All the things that I haven’t filed, don’t know what to do with, or just can’t bare to part with or are in this bag. I don’t have my “just in case” bag today because I’m trying to downsize. So, I took everything out of my just in case bag and put it into my black Circle One bag—just in case.
For example, I have Lindi, Rebecca and Donna’s demo presentations. You never know when there will be pop test over one of these demonstrations and a quick study session may be needed. I also have my acceptance letter to the BWP, just in case someone figures out I don’t know what I’m doing and demands to know if I’m “legal.” E-mails! I print out copies of e-mails and carry them around in my “just in case bag.” Who knows if somebody is going to deny sending me an e-mail! If so, I can just whip it out of my bag and submit it for evidence. I’m really trying to get better about e-mails. I save them on my computer. But having a hard copy is so exciting—like Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Oh yea, I carry around stamps. I just recently bought a stamp that has my signature. You know, to make things official. Next, I want stamps that say “urgent,” “top secret,” and “copy.”
I wonder if some of this stems from the fact that my daddy was a police officer and we often watched Hill Street Blues together. My fascination with the criminal world continues today because I watch all of the Law and Orders, NCIS, ect. I love it when they have someone on the stand and then they go to their bag and pull out some convicting evidence. Oh the rush of excitement!! My daddy says that if I were to become a police officer people better watch out because I wouldn’t give anyone a break. He’s right. After retiring from teaching I may look into a job with the VPD. I need to put an application in my “just in case bag.”
Due to technology, I’ve recently started carrying my iPod in my bag. Now this is crazy—I also have an iPhone with an iPod built in. I sync it to iTunes whenever I download something new. I also sync my “regular” iPod whenever I download something new. So, I have two iPods with the same thing on both, and I carry both of them around. But, I can’t stop because you never know when one might be dead and you can’t get to a charger! Right??
Well anyway, some people may call me a pack rat. But, the satisfaction of knowing I have everything I need at my fingertips is just to much to part with. Perhaps one day when I have to carry around baby bags, toys, and oh yea—a baby, I won’t be so much of a pack rat.
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