Friday, September 01, 2006

Houseboat Adventure Preparations

The bags are about packed. How to fit everything in in reasonable room? And not have any liquids or gels in the carry-ons? (There goes the Visine, moisturizer, lipgloss, Purell, mouthwash, toothpaste, facial moisturizer and perfume usually in my carry-on.) DH has a rolling duffel-not too large. He is carrying a fishing pole tube. I have a 24" suitcase. That's ok. Then we have the carry-on stuff. Pack of tortillas. 2 lbs of coffee. Small binocs. book. knitting. magazine. carry-on meds. camera. headphones and cds/dvds.camera equipment, phone chargers, notebook computer.(not a small one), plugs for that. I may do a small rollaboard and the computer bag....
Here is what I'm worried about on the boat:
1. I'll get bored.
2. I'll get tired of the people.
3. I won't get enough exercise.
4. I will eat and drink too much (that could be 2, but this is a long list)
5. I will need to get in touch with the outside world and won't be able to.
6. Someone from the outside world will need to get in touch with me and won't be able to.
7. Carbon Monoxide poisoning. (People have died on houseboats because of this.)
8. Sunburn
9. Two fat books won't be enough.
10.Rats climbing up the anchor ropes.
11.I will not be able to quit worrying about home.

I hope it will be fun.

1 comment:

M. J. said...

Carbon monoxide? Rats on the anchor rope? These are small concerns. What if you had something really big to worry about, like an eBay auction that was going to expire while you were gone and you thought maybe your highest bid wasn't high enough? Now that's a REAL worry.