Sacramento packing update: clothes, toiletries, daughter’s stuff… and now apparently I have a snack reputation to protect 😂
My mom asked me, “Are you packing snacks?”
Me: “Of course.”
Then she hit me with the special request: “Pack some for me too.”
Excuse me?! So now I’m not just traveling… I’m catering? 😂
Apparently, I’ve been told I have bomb snacks when I travel, so now my snack bag comes with expectations. Not me becoming the family TSA-approved snack dealer.
Packed a few easy goodies: Crunchy edamame for the salty/crunchy craving. Catalina Crunch snack mix for the snacky-snack mood. Seven Sundays protein cereal for a quick breakfast or easy yogurt topping. Ultima electrolytes because Sacramento heat is going to humble all of us real quick.
This isn’t me trying to be perfect on vacation. Trust me, sushi and Gunther’s ice cream are still on the schedule. This is just me making sure “hungry Lena” doesn’t make all the decisions.
Because planned me packs protein snacks.Hungry me buys everything at the airport market and calls it balance 😂
Now here comes the travel-day plot twist…
A few weeks ago, I strongly told my older sister, “Please pack my niece early. Do not wait until the last minute.” Then I reminded her every day for 3 days before we fly out.
Fast forward to today… I get a call from my niece saying the stuff her mom packed doesn’t fit.
Me on the other end: 😡Because Auntie Lena gave the warning, the reminder, the calendar alert, and basically the TED Talk.
Good thing my packing was already done, so I drove over to my mom’s house to help consolidate the last-minute items.
I brought my backpack and told my niece, “Whatever you can’t fit, put it in here.”
Then I said, “But everyone carries their own load.”
She gave me this princess look like, “Wait… I have to carry something?” 👑😂
That’s right, baby girl. Auntie Lena trains them young. Carry your own stuff because Auntie already got her own load to carry — emotionally, physically, and with protein snacks included 😂💪
Sacramento snack pack is ready… Mom’s special snack request is packed… and Auntie Bootcamp has officially started.