Back in the swamp, I mean Tree City USA, I mean Bayou City, I mean… Houston. 80F at 8am.<\/p>\n
So. Prepper fail.<\/p>\n
Yep. I left my carry on bag at the house we were staying at. My airline ‘bug out bag’. My ‘get home bag’. I left it. Sitting on the bedroom floor. Didn’t realize until returning the rental car, and that was too late. I’ll get it UPS’d to me next week, but I was NAKED for my flight. <\/p>\n
What didn’t I have?<\/p>\n
No change of shirts and underwear
\nNo ‘one day’ of meds
\nNo reading glasses
\nNo blow out kit
\nNo boo boo kit
\nNo first responder IDs (CERT, ham radio, Constable’s program)
\nNo snacks or water bottle
\nNo electronics- 2 kindles and a tablet
\nNo chargers or batteries
\nNo noise cancelling headphones
\nNo shortwave radio or dual band ham radio
\nNo backup money, $1000 in cash, 1 oz gold in coins, extra clean credit card
\nNo loyalty cards
\nNo toys for the kids (2x nintendo DS)
\nNo rain jacket<\/p>\n
Like I said, NAKED.<\/p>\n
And I made it home fine. I was almost caught by irony as there was a hail storm in Houston that could have messed up my travel, exactly the sort of thing my bag is meant to make more tolerable. Imagine that I needed all that crap for once and didn’t have it because I’m an idiot. Fortunately it didn’t. <\/p>\n
Home safe, but VERY weird to be on an airplane without the comfort and convenience stuff I’ve become accustom to.<\/p>\n
Because I AM a prepper, I did have my ID, money, phone, and FLASHLIGHT. I always carry that on my person. Especially on a plane, you need that base level of stuff on you. DON’T put it in your bag. If you have to get off the plane in a hurry, you won’t be allowed to bring your bag. Then you’ll be sitting in a shelter area without your id, money, or phone.<\/p>\n
LEARN from my stupidity! Double check. Even a seasoned traveler can have a lapse. <\/p>\n
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Back in the swamp, I mean Tree City USA, I mean Bayou City, I mean… Houston. 80F at 8am.<\/p>\n
So. Prepper fail.<\/p>\n
Yep. I left my carry on bag at the house we were staying at. My airline ‘bug out bag’. My ‘get home bag’. I left it. Sitting on the bedroom floor. Didn’t realize until returning the rental car, and that was too late. I’ll get it UPS’d to me next week,<\/p>\n