5 Socks Underwear Pants Sweaters Shirts Raincoat Phone 2x Phone charger 1x Wallet Passport Sunglasses Hat to cover my purple freakin’ hair Hipster scarf to cover my neck scar Toothbrush Toothpaste Deodorant Sunscreen ‘cause I’m pasty And…I was up most of the night thinking about the and. I’d traveled before. I’d even been out of the country before. But for some reason, I couldn’t stop feeling like I was completely unprepared. It was after midnight by the time Mom and I realized there was no way boxed dye was going to cover my new purple do. Two in the morning before she’d finished adding thumbholes to my shirts and I finally zipped my suitcase and climbed into bed. I’m really not sure I actually fell asleep before my dad came with his car to take me to the Consortium. Mom rode with us

