Out of office notifications, extra phone cord to keep the battery nice and full, solar battery unit, iPad and/or laptop case with paper for notes and cordage for all, double case of earbuds, team notification of absence, extra computer glasses for beach or hotel lobby…and you have not yet started to pack your suitcase for you.

Jammies, toothbrush, toothpaste, extra socks, bathing suit, 5 t-shirts, good looking outfit (ya never know). Special travel jacket with 31 pockets for passport, cash, tissues, boarding pass, sunglasses and regular glasses, new ID, concern about suitcase weight, something (paper or phone) to jot down where you parked the car and what level it is on, paper back up just in case your phone poops out…….

Are we having fun yet?? Driving there? Flying there? Hiking there? Don’t forget to have some fun. Put the phone away. Really away. Not just 8 inches from your hand. Bring a terrific book…not Kindle…a real live book. Good Lord, you might even buy a newspaper and read that.