Packing for Australia

Let me tell you, it has been a serious struggle.

I have a serious urge to overpack.

And it's even more weird because I am packing for a season that isn't winter. I love winter clothes. They are comfy and cozy and just my thing. I like blazers and scarves and living in New England, I have accumulated a lot of winter attire.

However, summer not so much. I obviously have never gone to school in the summer time so I don't usually care what I wear. But now that I am, with a whole group of new people I have never met before, it's a little intimidating and I definitely care. Athletic shorts and t-shirt is the equivalent to wearing sweats in class. You don't want to do it all the time. Just half the time.

But this isn't exactly the time of year, you can walk in to a store and find a pair of shorts. #firstworldproblems

Beside packing for a time of year/weather I am not really used to, I am struggling with this concept of packing for 4 months. The longest vacation I have ever been on was to Italy for 2 weeks. Part of me thinks packing for 2 weeks is ideal because you have less to worry about. But then I know in my head, things are VERY EXPENSIVE in Australia and if I have the item at home, it's free to bring it with me.

Plus what if I need it? What if we go somewhere and I want it? I am there for 4 months, an opportunity will present itself right??

Then there is stuff I will have to buy there like shampoo and conditioner and random stuff that you need and don't really think about but it weighs a ton in your suitcase and you can't live off travel size containers forever.

I have had a packing list put together since June so that I could save money and buy things over the course of a few months and not go broke right before I leave on things that I may need. It has been SUPER helpful because I have gotten really good deals on things that went on sale after summer was over. Because we all can't buy exactly what we want when we want it.

At this point in the game, I am leaving in 10 days and I work 6 days a week full time so I don't have a lot of time to get everything together. My spare hours are at the gym or sleeping. All my stuff is pretty much in a pile next to my suitcases.

So that's my life.

10 days. I'M NOT READY.