Travel and Vision

The internet can be brutally distracting at times.  It's darn useful, but there is a tendency to cross reference, then you click a link on that site, then from that site, another link, and before you know it, you're learning tons, but completely off track from what you sat down to do in the first place.  At work, surrounded by technology, this is always a risk, so I have to stay on my toes.

I was looking at travel gear and ideas, anything that makes travel lighter.  I have been slowly whittling away at my extraneous possessions, getting to the important few things that I value and use on a regular basis.  However, when it comes to biking, every tiny thing I pack is significant, since I have a very small payload, so I am always evaluating ways to take even what I need and pare it down to smaller doses.

I bought travel bottles recently for my soap and shampoo, which greatly cut down on weight and volume.  I am also looking for some kind of multipurpose all-weather shoes so that I don't have to keep taking work shoes in my bag.  Then I read today about a soap I'd like to try out; Dr. Bronner's all-purpose soap (or something like it).  This ultra-concentrated soap can stretch out to less than an ounce per week of use, and it can do everything from laundry to cleaning your teeth.  I'm vaguely curious what it can do for a denture, but let's not get TOO experimental :)

Of course, there are many other things, but I try to temper myself; after all, one may risk going right back into the consumer mindset, only running in a different direction.

In other news, I went back to contacts; today they haven't bothered my eyes much at all, so I think I'm already adjusted.  It's amazing how much more quickly I adapted, compared to my first attempts in high school.

I am also travelling to Kansas over the weekend.  I will leave Friday and return Monday, so the trip will be relatively short.  Still, I would like to take my bike there, to take a shot at the lake trails.  This has also piqued my interest in travel supplies, because I am trying to take everything I need in a carry-on sized bag.  I'm going to attempt to have a reasonable bag for Adelia too, although her mother tends to take everything the child could ever need anyway :)  I'm excited for the trip, and if I do have down time, I'm hoping to read a book I borrowed from church.

I'd say I'll update with things from the trip, but I never know when I will get back to blogging.  Until next time!