Between Friday and Monday

This is the time we all cherish...the time between when the bus drops us off on Friday night and picks us up again on Monday morning. It's a time for introspection and family. A time for memories, and meals with our loved ones and a time to think "why is my back pack so pickin' heavy?"

Well the back pack is an important piece of commuting hardware. It has to hold all of my "stuff" that I "might" need during the day. Plus the "stuff" that I really do need every day. There's a good reason for everything in it...some are really good, and some are just sorta good.

First there's my laptop. Gotta bring that back and forth every day...company rules. And this is the primary reason for carying such a hideous back pack. It really is ugly. Some are really cool looking...not mine. Mine is functional. Ultra functional. Who would steal such a thing? Looks like I'm going camping for a week!

The first thing you notice is my rolled up blanket. The one for those hot summer days when my legs freeze because of the AC. It really looks like a bed-roll...and in a way it is. It fits nicely into the slot that someone designed for a skateboard. But a skateboard IN your back pack? C'mon. If you have your board then you're riding it and wearing the back pack. No one WEARS their skateboard. I'm sure he got a promotion for that idea. It's why I bought it.

The inside is cavernous. With no less than 12 separate pouches for everything like (you knew this was coming):
Bus Pass
ear phones
ear plugs
cough drops
anti-histimine
kleenex ("tissues" for the rest of you)
inflatable pillow
last months bus pass (why is that in there)
work badge
various insundry medecines:
Vicks DayQuil
Dramamine (don't ask...OK I had vertigo really bad once...these saved my life!)
oscillococcinum (don't ask me...I'm no doctor)
January's bus pass (I should really clean those out once in a while)
2G thumb drive (no geek is without one)
blue tooth headset (get ready for July, all the rest of you)
blue tooth charger
phone charger
micro umberella (just in case)
regular umbrella (but really small)
A FLOPPY DISK! (sometimes I amaze even myself!)
spare inflatable pillow (stop laughing...mine went flat on Friday night!)
Guaranteed Ride Home (talk to your HR department about this one...awesome!)
duct tape (again, pick yourself up off the floor...we actually used this to fix the bus once so we could get to work. Mine is White...matches the bus color :)

OK...that's about it. On Monday morning the lunch fairy will have my lunch all ready to go and waiting in the 'fridge. It'll go in last (heavy items on the bottom, of course). Hoist it up and head out the door. Again, be sure to not fully waken on the way out. Have it all ready to go the night before so you don't have to actually think before leaving.

Oh...remember the part about how far you can walk with your eyes shut? A note to those who might take that too seriously..."DO NOT TRY THIS WHILE DRIVING".