Day -1: A shoe by any other name...

See the hiking shoes on the lower right?  The Merrells arrived!

Leaving tomorrow, packing today.  The shoes finally arrived!

Funny packing convo:

Me: Do I need my Simples and Nikes?

Mike: What?

Me: I'm trying to decide if I need both these shoes.  Maybe if I want to wear real shoes but have something nicer than the Nikes?


Mike: I don't know, I'm taking tennis shoes and my hiking shoes.

Me: Didn't you want to take something like my Tevas?

Mike: What are all these names?  I have hiking shoes, tennis shoes, slippers.

Me: No, they're Tevas, Nikes, Scotts, Merrells, Simples.  Although I have two pairs of Merrells.  That could get confusing.

Mike: Slippers (points to the Tevas & Scotts), Tennis Shoes (Simples and Nikes) and Hiking Shoes.

Me:  What?  My Simples are not in the same category as my Nikes.  And Tevas are NOT slippers...

This conversation continued for a ridiculously long time (as most of our conversations do) so I'll spare you the rest.  The point?  Men and women speak a completely different language.  Here's more proof!

... time to quit procrastinating and finish packing now.  I just want to be on a plane already!