With only a few days left until we leave, I’m going around, picking up the little things we need - a travel alarm clock, travel-sized toothpaste, ziploc bags to put our shampoo in so it doesn’t explode all over our clothes on the trip.
For those of you who don’t know me, I am a Planner and a Worrier. I like to cover every contingency, be ready for anything that might possibly go wrong. But I go a little overboard with the worry sometimes…
For example, I’m at Target, looking at the travel alarm clocks. There are several to choose from. I stand there, comparing all of them. After five minutes or so, I have it narrowed down to two, a TImex and a Sharp. Both are digital, both have nice backlights and are nice and compact. I think I like the Sharp better, but it takes a little button-shaped battery, not something normal like a AAA, which is what the Timex uses. So this is my thought process - What if the battery runs out in the middle of the night one night when we’re in, say, Spain, and we miss a train because of it?? That would not do at all. But then again we’re only going to be gone for five weeks, so the battery will probably not run out in that short of time. But I also think, hey, I can get the Sharp, I’ll just get an extra battery to bring along, just in case. I walk all over Target to find the right department for little button batteries. And…they don’t have the right size. So I decide, screw it, the battery will be fine. It will not run out and make us miss a train in Spain. I am pleased with myself for finally making the decision.
So, I do the rest of my shopping, but all the while I am totally second-guessing myself about the fucking alarm clock. What if? What if? AAAAAHHHHH!!!!
So I bought the Timex.
good call on the Timex…that’s what i would have done too. You can never trust those little watch batteries–sometimes they last for years, othertimes they’re dead in a week. Always nice to have something you can replace (i.e. AAAs) anywhere you are in the world =)
Thank you! Now I feel a little less OCD.