This is not (yet) a BRB GOIN 2 DRAGON*CON post. You can expect one of those in... almost exactly 16 hours. This is, instead, one of the many procrastinatory posts you will be seeing from me today, as I faff around the perimeters of such last-minute tasks as finding my camera, packing, and wondering where all my pairs of socks have gone.

I have to say, packing for a whole two weeks when

a) one is a habitually clumsy eater (sauce/whatever I am wearing = inevitable OTP), but

b) one does not want to do any laundry whilst one is over there?

Takes up a fair bit of space! Also, when did I acquire so many hair-related products? And did I always require so much STUFF? I have to have a thing for my make-up, a thing for my contacts, a thing for shampoo/scrub/toothpaste/anything else that will inevitably explode all over my suitcase, the hairspray and brush thingy that won't fit in anything...