Between the two of us, P-J packs a better suitcase hands down.
In our younger days, when we did SU Teen Camps together, he'd casually grab a duffle bag and walk past his shelves - just before it was time to head for the Training Weekend!
P-J is the guy you want to pack a snack bag. This is where his Chef really shines - since he isn't a snack kind of guy - and yet he knows what will make a good snack for others. He's the guy you want to have packed your padkos for a road trip. He's also sworn off egg mayo rolls, so you know you're safe!
Over the years, he has also demonstrated an increasingly high level of Tetris-style packing capabilities. Ask the crew that went with us to Knysna last year - 8 adults, 3 kids, 4 bikes with enough food, blankets and clothes for a long weekend. This guy knows what he's doing.
And whichever way he packs...he always has exactly what he needs, plus what he wants, and a little bit extra still. Just ask me how many pairs of shoes and flat bill hats he packed in!
And me? Well, I must be the worst packed. A procrastinator. The over-planner with little to show for it. Because for two days I've tried to start sorting through our things to pack...and on both days I've started and then walked away to do something a little easier! Even for this trip: I started laying out bags and potential items a few days before, but I only finished the job as quickly as I did because we had to board the plane in 4 hours time.
In the end I guess, P-J will either do the shelf stuff style (which really isn't advised, since we have no less than 8 airport baggage security checks before we get home) or he'll painstakingly roll every fold-able item, fill every shoe with odd bits and zipper bag everything that's left...
I guess beggars can't be choosers, right?
In our younger days, when we did SU Teen Camps together, he'd casually grab a duffle bag and walk past his shelves - just before it was time to head for the Training Weekend!
P-J is the guy you want to pack a snack bag. This is where his Chef really shines - since he isn't a snack kind of guy - and yet he knows what will make a good snack for others. He's the guy you want to have packed your padkos for a road trip. He's also sworn off egg mayo rolls, so you know you're safe!
Over the years, he has also demonstrated an increasingly high level of Tetris-style packing capabilities. Ask the crew that went with us to Knysna last year - 8 adults, 3 kids, 4 bikes with enough food, blankets and clothes for a long weekend. This guy knows what he's doing.
And whichever way he packs...he always has exactly what he needs, plus what he wants, and a little bit extra still. Just ask me how many pairs of shoes and flat bill hats he packed in!
And me? Well, I must be the worst packed. A procrastinator. The over-planner with little to show for it. Because for two days I've tried to start sorting through our things to pack...and on both days I've started and then walked away to do something a little easier! Even for this trip: I started laying out bags and potential items a few days before, but I only finished the job as quickly as I did because we had to board the plane in 4 hours time.
In the end I guess, P-J will either do the shelf stuff style (which really isn't advised, since we have no less than 8 airport baggage security checks before we get home) or he'll painstakingly roll every fold-able item, fill every shoe with odd bits and zipper bag everything that's left...
I guess beggars can't be choosers, right?
Lucky you to have a professional packer! And so the fun begins......
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