#171: I'm ahead of the game!

I leave for Scotland/Ireland/London on Monday at 7 a.m. and though I am not completely packed, I am so far ahead of where I was last year at this same point.  My friend that took me to the airport last year reminded me that the morning she picked me up last year to go to the airport, I was still packing!

Now it's over 24 hours from my departure and I already have a lot of stuff taken care of that in the past either didn't get done at all or I did by staying up till 2 the night before.  Both ways, though, I was completely anxious for days before I left! 

I've already begun packing (see picture)!  My method is to haul out the suitcase a week before I leave and throw things into it whenever I think about it.