packing...

 Tomorrow my spouse and I are heading for Wisconsin to visit our family there.  One more Christmas celebration, yay!  I spent part of today packing, making sure I have the clothes I need for different activities over the three days we will be there.  Happily, my spouse packs for himself so I only packed for me.  Not really a very arduous task.  However, in February we will be going on a 19 day cruise around the Horn of South America.  My spouse doesn't realize, and doesn't really need to know (he would just laugh) that I will start packing for that trip as soon as we get home from Wisconsin.  Lucky for me, we have a guest bedroom with an empty closet.  I will start accumulating clothes for summer (most of the trip) and winter (around the horn) and anything I think I might need in between.  I thought, when we first read the description of this Viking cruise, that I would only need casual clothes, but on closer reading of new information sent, it seems that "smart casual - no jeans" is the expected dress for some dinners.  Maybe I'll just stuff everything I can into my biggest suitcase and hope for the best.