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A local radio show that is broadcast in Texas in the morning has a segment called, "Does that make me crazy?" Listeners call in and share their wierd compulsions and the hosts of the show vote to decide if the caller is indeed "Crazy".
I have several compulsions when it comes to traveling.
1. Even if I don't get much sleep the night before I leave on a vacation I have to clean my whole house so I come home to a clean house.
2. My last night of any trip...no matter how late, I have to find a guest laundry and do all of my laundry so I don't have to take home suitcases full of dirty clothes. (Sometimes the guest laundry is being used or closes at a certain time and I am grumpy all the way home knowing that I will come home to mountains of dirty laundry to do!)
3. Within a few hours of returning home, I am completely unpacked and suitcases put away.
I can't be the only person out there who does insane things before, during and after traveling. (Or maybe I am! LOL!) I know this makes me crazy and I would love to know what makes you crazy!
I just finished unpacking from our August trip today. We've been home about 2 1/2 weeks.
I do other crazy things, though. I wash my hands about 50 times day - seriously. I go through a bottle of hand soap about every other day all by myself. I used to work in food service, so clean hands became a hard habit to break when I became a mom.
Also, I can't sit upright in a chair - one of the main reasons I detest driving. I have to put my feet up either in front of me or to the side. I suspect it has something to do with either my knees or my back aching, but I never really think about it when I get agitated sitting up. I just try to find a way to get my feet up as fast as possible.
While I wouldn't say I clean the house, I do now make sure that I do the laundry as near to our departure as possible, after coming home once to an almost full laundry bin - how depressing was that and yes, add me to the "I have to unpack as soon as I get back" group.
it took us a week or so to unpack...but only because there was a hurricane in the gulf...once we knew it wasnt coming we unpacked....
and i did clean my house before i left. and we did do the laundry before we came home.... and im crazy most of the time..so i guess that makes me like the rest
I try to clean the house as best I can, because yes, I don't want to come home to a messy house. I also try to get the suitcases away as soon as we get back (have done that many a time after our Disney trips)!
I too clean the house before we leave. I clean even if we're just gonna be gone on a long day trip! I usually don't do the laundry before coming home and I do take a while to unpack, buuuutt I did call the kennel the last time we went away to check on our dear Taco. It was his first time in a kennel and he has issues whenever he would be away from DH
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Add me to the list that cleans house before I leave, I also put clean sheets on my bed before I leave.
On our last trip in May, that was the first time I have ever did laundry on vacation, but we had the DGS (4) with us, so for his sake we did laundry....
I always take my own pillow.
I take my electric hot water pot, so that I can have my morning cup of tea, along with my English Breakfast tea, splenda packets and Land O'Lakes No Fat Half & Half. This time I think I will even take my Minnie Mug or buy one downstairs in the Shade of Green Shop.
I ususally unpack the next day, but Grumpy is unpacking when we get home.
We pack one suitcase with the dirty clothes and that goes directly to the laundry room when we get home.
My make-up case stays packed, it is packed now and ready to go
I, too, clean the house before I leave. I don't usually do laundry there, but I should - I hate coming home to loads of laundry! I usually unpack immediately but there have been times where my suitcase sits for a day (or a week) and it really irriates me.
I have tons of little crazy things. I wouldn't even know where to start. Most of them are total contridictions (I do not like cheddar cheese on salads, but I like it on pretty much everything else. And so on.).
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Cleaning fanatic here too! I also put clean sheets on our beds. My DH thinks I am nuts, but I don't like coming home to that. Another one of my obsession is dirty dishes in the sink and I have to have my dishwasher empty before I leave on vacation. glad to see I am not the only one!
Add me to the clean the house B4 I go brigade. I also wash sheets and iron pillow cases(to make it more appealing that first night back) before I leave. I am a meticulous packer and my DH finds it funny that when returning home I pack by throwing all the dirty laundry into one case and pack the others neat and secure! I MUST be the last one to leave the hotel room upon checkout just to triple check if we left anything there.
My other crazy habits include checking the boot/back seats of my car for strangers before getting into it at night(never during the day), also I check and recheck the door is locked and the iron is off(even if I haven't used it that day), I always look in the fridge when I'm bored-like it has all the answers. If I buy one child something I will not give it until I have something for each of them- I know this isn't teaching them well but it is a hard habit. My last crazy habit is I cannot read a book from start to finish , I must read the last page first then start at the beginning.
Wow I'm a real nutter! Very scary!!!!!
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We pack one suitcase with the dirty clothes and that goes directly to the laundry room when we get home.
My make-up case stays packed, it is packed now and ready to go
Melissa - We agree on several things. I never travel without my own pillow! It is the last thing I put in the suitcase. I can sleep just about anywhere if I have my pillow. I always pack my tea bags and splenda. My day needs to start with a cup of hot tea and if it's cool I like another cup before bed. I also always pack a suitcase with dirty clothes. In fact if room allows I put an empty suitcase in th bottom of the closet and use it as a hamper.
The make-up case thing is my DMom and DSis. They both always have one packed and ready to go. I tend to just fill zip lock bags when I go.
I do all the things you do, Clean the house, do laundry, and always put fresh sheets on the bed. I like to return home to fresh bedding..
Yes, I always unpack and do the laundry when we get home too
I must be crazy!!!!!!!
Deb
Kylee, I read the end of the book first, too. My reason is morbid. I'd hate to start a book and die in the middle not knowing how it ends. So I read the end first.
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I usually don't do the laundry before coming home and I do take a while to unpack, buuuutt I did call the kennel the last time we went away to check on our dear Taco. It was his first time in a kennel and he has issues whenever he would be away from DH
I always pack my tea bags and splenda. My day needs to start with a cup of hot tea and if it's cool I like another cup before bed. I also always pack a suitcase with dirty clothes. In fact if room allows I put an empty suitcase in th bottom of the closet and use it as a hamper.
I'd hate to start a book and die in the middle not knowing how it ends. So I read the end first. 
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