If you were leaving right now, what would you pack? I found myself thinking about that question last night. Would i bring my suitcase stuffed full of memories and spare socks, or just a tiny bag with what i felt was really necessary. I packed and repacked both bags several times, trying to find out exactly what i needed to get by, and here’s what i came up with (even if i still don’t know where to fit it all):

a box of tea bags and my favourite mug; all of my underwear and a week’s worth of socks; two pairs of jeans; my signed garbage cd; scissors; my checkbook; my poetry book, a pencil, and a pencil sharpener; four unionbay teeshirts, two short sleeved and two long; my flip flops; a picture of my aunt joyce and her daughter Cary; my camera; two pairs of gloves and a hat; my guitar; a toothbrush and q-tips; my red bandanna; a pair of pajama pants and a sweatshirt; my stuffed wizard.

So, at least i’ve identified my essential needs. Now i’ve just got to figure out where to go with them…