Those of Us with a Lot of Baggage Have a New Problem

I'm sorry. I don't know what to pack. So I pack everything. This provides me great consolation and is my right as an over-consuming American. I'd like to be different. But not really. Plus, I always take books. Lots of heavy books. And things to write with and on. All this is heavy.

I also take my own snorkeling stuff. Do you really think I'm going to rent something that you put in your mouth? That everybody else puts in their mouths? And then suck on it and breathe through it. Oh please!

And then there's the vacation mentality. I work in my pajamas (not really. My gym clothes). So, when I go on vacation, it's kind of fun to put on things that match and could be considered fashionable if the Mom Jeans Police would just go somewhere else for vacation. And then, what if Paul decides to surprise me with dinner somewhere fancy? (Hasn't happened yet, but I need to be ready.) I'll need several really cute outfits and matching shoes to choose from, depending on the fanciness of the place.

Those spoilsports, the airlines, must be conspiring with Paul to get me to take less luggage. I'm sorry, but I'm not nude beach material and I don't want to look at you naked, either. I need all those bathing suits and matching coverups. Coverups are good. So is all that heavy sunscreen, which is much cheaper at my Wal-Mart than at the Wal-Mart at St. Barts.

Baggage charges feel like an insult. What are the airlines going to do next? Eliminate the bathrooms on flights?

This from today's Wall Street Journal:

Comments

[Anwyn]

Yeah, I plan to completely avoid the ones that don't allow more than one free bag. That's completely crazy. When I travel alone with the Bean, it's a suitcase for me, a small suitcase for him, and his carseat. No other choice unless the trip is short enough that I can pack all our clothes into one suitcase. So ... stuff it up your pito tubes, United and USAir.