Sun with a chance of organization

I never did get to half the things on my list the other day, but I am alive, well, and just a slight bit more tan. That grocery shopping that I never did get to just means that I will have to eat out on my work trip this week- or find a grocery store in whatever city I am in. My room is still a mess, but I managed to 'go through' some things and get rid of some old clothes and projects that I will never get to. I didn't end up shopping for my friends' wedding gift- instead my family and I decided to buy some Euro for their honeymoon trip(now order Euro is added to my list for this week). My insurance company didn't lower my rate this month like I was expecting, and that call I neglected make a couple days ago is now truly warranted, definitely time to call...tomorrow?

I did end up going on that camping trip with my boyfriend and some friends, and per-usual I was scrambling to pack up my things to get out out of town & meet my boyfriend. The pack job was extra hectic but excusable because of my up coming move- after nearly 2 years of dating J and I have decided to move in together. The move-in was a good excuse to avoid properly packing for the camping trip, instead I threw a mix match of things(scrap booking supplies,dress shoes, my accordion file that is supposed to house my bills in it, lots of extra clothes, a bin with my uniforms in it) in a big box and hit the road. Once at J's house I unloaded some things to move in, and picked out some things to take with us on our camping trip and we were heading east before I knew it.

Our camping trip was so relaxing. We spent our time mostly eating delicious food, talking and hanging out by the river. The couple we went with have a camper trailer equipped with all the right gear, which made the preparing the delicious food easy. The amazing thing about this camper is that they always know where to find all their supplies in it! Clamps to hold the table cloth down- check, paper plates- check, smokey the bear cutout- check, bottle opener-check, sunscreen- check. J & my tent was another story. He says I make a nests- and messy ones at that- wherever we stay. My side of the tent was a pile of clothes and a backpack that I had to tear apart every time I wanted to add or subtract a layer of clothing as the temperature raised and lowered. I know if I kept things neatly folded I could avoid the chaos of outfit changes, so why can't I do it?

Today we drove back to J's house and on the way stopped to pick up an expanding file for a pile of paper that I brought to his house-since after all I am moving in soon. I volunteer for our union and my position has sent me to some pretty interesting trainings and I always come home with a handful of useful and informative papers. I have the best of intentions with these papers, but usually (well, every day before today) they get piled on top of or into another grouping of more papers, and when it comes time to find these papers with this useful information on them...well, they are no where to be seen! We spent a solid 10 minutes in the office supply isle but J didn't complain once because he knew that the time was being invested in a worthy cause.

My trusty new 13 pocket, durable, light weight expanding file with an additional accessory pocket and portable handle is perfect! Before J&I watched our rented movie tonight I tackled my paper pile. It feels so good to have that pile no longer piled up!

-Oh, and I secretly put away our sleeping bags in the storage room after packing my bag for my work trip tomorrow and before typing this up...maybe things are looking up on the procrastination front?-