Tags: Uni
Date: 09 September 2006 10:56:51
I'm trying to pack all my stuff to go back to Swansea tonight. And there's too much of it! I have a 55L rucksack full of clothes and shoes, with a sleeping bag strapped to the bottom of it. I have a small rucksack which can be carried on my front with books and other random stuff I've acquired during my 5 weeks here. Then I have my laptop bag, with my laptop and computer bits in and a carrier bag with everything I might want on the journey (music, book, food, waterproof, etc) to carry in each hand. Hmm, this train journey is going to be interesting. I'm not scheduled to change anywhere, so I'm *hoping* this train doesn't give up at Cardiff and insist on everybody changing (as it has been known to).
The packing is made more complicated by the fact that this afternoon I'm going to V's (who you may remember me mentioning last year) memorial service. Its been a year since he died, and in the country where he spent a lot of his life working, it is tradition that leaders of the community have such memorial services. I have chosen to go, but this means that I want to wear different clothes and shoes this afternoon, to travelling this evening. For travelling I'll wear my walking boots and jeans so they don't have to be packed, but I can't wear them to the service. So I have a bag of clothes and my boots, which I'll take to church in order to change, before going to the station. The sandals and skirt I'm wearing this afternoon can be fitted into the top of a bag somewhere. Nothings ever simple, is it?!