Preparation

Preparing for this trip has been mostly pushed off until this week. I prepared for the class by purchasing the appropriate books that were on the book list. I have also been posting the weekly blogs thus far. I began doing research for our topic after I finished my last final on Tuesday.  I have learned some interesting information regarding the musical culture in New Orleans while doing research and look forward to putting together our blog. I feel unprepared for the train trip since I have never been on a train before and I am unsure of what all I will need. I do have a neck pillow that I planned on using but am contemplating or whether or not I should just bring a regular pillow. I have suitcases at home that I plan on using that fit the size requirements. I also have the luggage tags and locks. I also have plans for buying some snacks for the train since we will be on there for such a long period of time. One of the snacks I plan on getting are the Fiji apple and blueberry clusters that CVS sells. They are really tasty. I have made arrangements for while I am gone since I do have a seven year old who obviously will need to be taken care of. In between his dad, my parents and my sister, they will all work together to make sure he gets on and off the bus for school everyday and has his antibiotics because he was just diagnosed with strep throat yesterday. I will only be missing one day of work since I only work PRN every Saturday. I already had this taken care of way in advance as soon as I found out I was going on this trip. Some purchases I have made for this trip thus far are clothing; a new pair of sunglasses and a cute cross body bag I can carry while we are out in the city.  As far as packing goes, I have yet to do that. I am waiting until Sunday night to pack for the trip that way I will have done my laundry and have all the clothing items I would like to bring with me. I will most likely make a list of the things I want to bring on the trip so that I will not forget anything important (fingers crossed).  I plan on bringing a lot of comfortable clothes, a couple pairs of shoes, and of course the necessities (toiletries, makeup, & medicine). I am sure I will forget something important because I am so scattered brained half the time.