Packing For Hidden Beach Resort

Vacations are usually packed for at least a week in advance in my book. I make lists, and lists of lists, then I begin folding, rolling and packing my suitcase with such precision as to use up every nook and unused cranny in my suitcase perfectly. I’m not sure why, but I was out of character this trip. I was still excited about our trip, and I still had my lists, but maybe just not as precisely as was my norm. This time, I had the suitcases open in ready to pack position, filling space on my bedroom floor. This was completely opposite of the needed action which required my filling the suitcase. Now granted, this was a nude vacation… I mean, what do you really need to pack for this type of excursion? Well, you’d be surprised! (And according to most of the women I met while at HBR, I wasn’t alone in the shopping and massive accumulation of items for our trip). So while I continued to amass items for my ever growing heap, instead of filling the empty spaces, being efficient and packing as I went, I placed the items into what became a pile accumulating on top of my suitcase. The last couple of weeks before our scheduled departure, we continued to shop for items we needed to meet our costume nights, making sure we had enough sunscreen, picking up toiletries, etc… All of which, I promptly added to the pile.

Now after having built this mountain of clothing and accessories, Friday had finally arrived and still no order was found in the suitcases. We still had to work on this day before our trip. We arose at 5 a.m. like we always do, showered, dressed, and off to work we went. We worked our day, returned home and hoped a second wind would arise within us as we started to pull the “pile” apart. I felt a little frustrated as I attempted to gain some sort of organization with the unruly pile (for I thought my enthusiasm over our departure date having finally arrived would help give my tired mind and body that burst of energy needed to finish packing). After a long week at work I knew I would experience this exhaustion… So, why didn’t I pack like I told myself I would? Procrastination, that’s why, it is my enemy, yet I seem to give in to it more times than I care to admit. Now going back to how much was needed for a nude vacation, I did give it a thought or two as my suitcases seemed to get more and more full. Here are some of the questions that be-bopped about in my head…How many sexy negligées did I need to bring for seven days? How many wraps should I bring? Did we have the right costumes for theme nights? How much clothing should I include (because in order to use the sister hotel next door, we needed to wear clothing)? Sunscreen, bug repellent, personal toiletries....Did we really need this much, or did we even have enough? So much indecision, I think this is what I will attribute my procrastination to (an old family saying applies here, “A poor excuse is better than none”). So when we were completely finished putting everything into the suitcases (which totaled 2 large suitcases, 2 carry-ons, and my large beach bag which I use as my personal carry bag), we were relieved to find that the suitcases weighed in at just under 50 pounds (seriously, for a nude vacation?). We finally sat down to rest around midnight. This was the point (mentioned in my previous blog) when my husband stated, “I’m just worried we haven’t brought enough clothing”.

A couple hours later we were loaded into the shuttle van and off to the airport to begin our flight to Cancun. Everything went wonderfully, no delays, no complications (Thank God!). Once we arrived at the Cancun Airport, we followed the easy instructions given by our tour host, (Marilyn from The Hellion’s Group) and proceeded directly from airport customs to our pick up site with Lomas Travel. The gentleman who greeted us was so cheerful and pleasant as he asked our names and destination. As he helped us with our luggage, he said, “You sure you’re going to the right place?” We said, “Yes”, questioningly. He then laughed and said, “Well, I think you bring too much clothes!” Now that was just too funny!

Needless to say, we over-packed in a big way. We probably could have carried everything we wore (other than the costumes for theme night) in a backpack. We were not alone in this packing fop aux, many women (and men as well), said they will know better next time. Yes, as will we. And, we’ll have more room available to bring back items we purchased on our trip… We do love our shopping!

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