The Packing Begins

I've packed my life away for a year in one suitcase before, but for some reason, this time it seems more complicated. I guess it's because I'm more high maintenance than I was the last two times I went over there for a year. What I mean by that is... Now I have to bring things like lotion, shampoo, conditioner, peppermint oil, Neti Pot, nasal spray etc. with me because of the stupid smell problem I have now. I suppose having to bring teaching materials and the kitties makes it more complicated too. Packing in the vacuum seal bags definitely makes it easier though. Oh well! It will all work out.

Got the kitties calming drops and wipes today. Hopefully they work! We got them water bottle things too. Like the ones you put in rodent cages. Now I just have to find little plastic food dishes/bowls.

I have laundry coming out my ears. I think I've done like 9 loads and have 2 more to do.

I found a bunch of cheap teaching materials at Target. (Thanks Susan for the heads up.) I found a bunch of flashcards... US States, Presidents, Animals, Homonyms, and Rhyming. I had to throw out a few of the rhyming cards though because they tried telling me that the word "spot" rhymes with bought, ought, and sought and that the word "doll" rhymes with wall, ball, call, tall.  I can see how maybe if you're from a different part of  the country and pronounced vowels differently how you could rhyme "doll" with those words, but how they think "spot" rhymes with bought, thought, etc. is beyond me. I also found a book on Native Americans and Laura Ingalls Wilder. I am bringing some measuring cups and rulers with me as well, so students can compare the metric systems to ours. That and all my recipes are in our system and I'm too lazy to do the math and convert them all the time.

Suki thinks she's going packed in the suitcase.