My Hubby is Packing - Should I Be Packing Too?

So, we are so very blessed to have a night away for our anniversary.
And I am sitting here blogging while my hubby is packing.
(For himself of course, not for me too or that would be just rude - and strange.)
Anyway, I just couldn't help but to write about this topic.

We are definitely on the opposite side of the packing spectrum.

J is what you would call a "proactive packer".
I am sure he has a list somewhere - laminated.
One for every occasion.

Let's see...
We have the anniversary getaway list.

The very manly, stranded in the wilderness list.

The youth pastor taking your youth group on a retreat list. (This one always seems to include stuff like Mentos and Diet Coke - just in case  you need to blow something up.)

The, I don't really know what might happen, I just need to be prepared for everything list. (He seriously has this list. And he revises it regularly....Not sure of the word I would use to describe that one....)

I am being serious when I say the MAN IS PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING!

Everything is also color coordinated, alphabetized, and calculated according to size, shape, and popularity.

When my 6 year old is feeling down do you know what he and his father do.... They reorganize their survival backpacks. No. I am not kidding. They lay everything out. Talk about their items and then repack them. Evidently this makes everything all better. It totally cracks me up.

I am envious of the "proactive packer" because I am not one.

I am what you would call the "procrastinating packer".
Which means I usually wait until the day I have to leave and go to the closet (or the dryer) and pull  out a whole bunch of stuff - hoping I have enough outfits to accomplish whatever we need to accomplish.

Hey, I am not proud here.
Just being "real".
Can I get an amen.
Seriously.
I am the only one out there who does this?
I feel so alone.

However, I know what my issue is. (No, there is not just one but those are for another day.)
I try to cram too much stuff in right before we leave.
I always have these massive lists to accomplish and, of course, one more blog to write ;-) before we leave.

So, this is something I am promising now that I am going to work on.
I am going to put down the keyboard and walk away.
And I am going to pack something...
Anything!

What kind of packer are you?
Are there other types of packers out there?
Besides Green Bay?
Ha Ha.
Sorry, I thought it was funny.
Maybe not.