Oops

[kevin_standlee]

I was so preoccupied with the cold and its potential effect on the Rolling Stone that I forgot to put some important things in the RV before I left.

Less critical was things like shampoo, a wash cloth, and shave cream. (I remembered my razor, but not the gel.) That I can buy and I'll just have extra. Indeed, I really should just keep those things in the RV and never take them out.

More importantly, and nowhere near as easy to replace, was my high blood pressure and diabetes medication. I'd packed a two week supply in a small tote bag several days ago, then forgot to put the tote bag into the RV after packing the bag. Now I'm not insulin-dependent, and so missing a couple of days' doses won't kill me, but it's very unfortunate.

I called Lisa last night, and she offered to actually drive down to the Bay Area today with my medication, but I said, "That's a 600 mile round trip in one day! You don't need to do it." She's going to send me the medication. I'll have it no later than Wednesday, and I usually carry one or two days' doses on me, so I'm only going to miss a few doses.

Just as Lisa and I have been creating a written checklist for securing Fernley House before we go on a trip (with cold-weather variations), I'm going to need to make a written checklist for travel in the RV to make sure everything I have to have is with me including critical things like my medication.

Comments

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Granted, I am list-obsessed, but that's an excellent plan. The things that are most important often tend to be the things you forget, just because they're so important it never occurs to you that there's any possibility of forgetting them. (I learned this the hard way in my youth turning up at the airport without my passport - I had thought it was too obvious to put on my list). Outsourcing that stuff to a list means you don't have to concern yourself with it. It's also a great idea leaving supplies on the Rolling Stone. Because I travel a lot this has also been the approach to my travel packing: over the years I have amassed an entire kit of stuff, including clothes, I use only for travel, which makes packing a great deal easier. And since I detest packing more than anything, that's a great relief.

[a-cubed.livejournal.com]

I started using a checklist (livelist app on Android) to prepare for travel after getting on the express train to Narita then realising I didn't have my passport. Lists are excellent tools.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

You might want to make a laminated sheet and keep it in the van with a grease pencil.
I just recently got a program for my tablet called Pack Point which does something similar electronically. Because I have forgotten important things too.