I leave to go camping tomorrow at one of my favorite camping spots in Maine, and even though it might rain all weekend, I could not be more excited. I can’t wait to just sit and do nothing except worry about what fun activity I want to do that day — reading, hiking, paddle boarding. It’s just me, Daisy, and the great outdoors.
I’m even baking myself a fresh loaf of bread right now to take with me. I really should start packing and planning my meals, but I haven’t done that yet. Usually I would already be panic-packing, but I still haven’t even done laundry to make sure I have enough clothes. But honestly, I don’t really care. I don’t want to stress about what to take camping — I just want to enjoy myself for once and not worry about every single detail.
A couple months ago, if you told me it was going to rain my entire camping trip, I probably would’ve canceled it altogether. But this time I’m going to embrace being slow. I even plan to go to Walmart today to buy a canopy so I can sit outside in my chair and read while it rains around me.
What I will say is that I really hope this relaxed version of me isn’t stupid and forgets something I actually need, but I’ll make sure I don’t… at least to some extent. I may just pack in the morning so I don’t have to stress about it today. Or maybe I’ll manic-pack at midnight tonight lol.