Sitting here staring at the planes coming and going I
can’t help but wonder…did I bring everything I need for my trip? I recall the
last look at my over packed suitcase thinking to myself, I brought too much.
How am I ever going to bring back the stuff that I buy down there? I know for
sure I have a pair of golf cleats down there waiting for me. As for the rest of
my yet to purchase treasures, I’ll make the room.
I must say I am anticipating packing my suitcase for
the ride home; if it was anything like packing my suitcase to come down here
I’ll have to laugh. Currently I have $65.00 worth of chocolate bars (available
only in Canada) in my suitcase as a gift for my friend. As I was stuffing each
individual chocolate bar in every nook and cranny I could find; I was wondering
if these measly chocolate bars would put me over the weight limit. I
continually kept lifting my suitcase hoping and praying each time that they
didn’t make that much of a weight difference.
Something else crosses my mind as a convoy of luggage
zooms by to be loaded onto an airplane; I wasn’t able to put a lock on my
suitcase. The rules of the airline clearly state in regards to adding locks to
suitcases (and I quote) “…we’ll cut the lock off if/when we search your bag.”
Yikes! Then I start to imagine the scene in my head where I do get pulled over
and they search my bag and discover all of these chocolate bars. They’ll wonder
‘how’ crazy is this person and ‘when’ is she going to snap? I immediately think
of the worst…I think of how they’ll put my on the list to have my bags checked
every single time I fly anywhere. Then I think, they could put me on the ‘No
Fly’ list, how awful would that be? Then I imagine the customs agents hauling
me away in handcuffs…then I remember something brilliant, I did indeed declare
them on my US customs form. Then they’ll have to let me and my chocolate bars
in right? Well now that I’ve worked myself up into a frenzy; I head off to
security to see what surprises they have for me there. Wish me luck!
Just a quick update 2 hours later, I successfully went
through customs with no questions asked…now to think about what I can smuggle
in!
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