I’m sitting here in Houston with daily temperatures in the 90s, Montreal daily temperatures are in the 50s. Talk about adding sleeves to my shirts.

We are leaving to Montreal in a few days and we need to pack, since we are going to be there for four days I though I read my own website “Going On A Four Day Weekend” OK, did I miss the whole shaban? My post talks about trips to warm places and nothing about cold weather, I’m a victim of my own doing, now, time to pack and post, but the reality of what to pack will be better known when I get back and tell you what we forgot. In the mean time, I need to start thinking cold; no flip flops or short sleeves, replace sailing gloves for mittens and pants with long johns.

Thanks to my friend Tony, I’m writing this blog, he lives in Cleveland so he must be laughing at me since packing for him is just to throw his everyday clothes in the suitcase and go.

Saturday September 28, I finally lay down my suitcase, it’s not the biggest suitcase I own, I figure a medium size will do. Let’s see what Adriana is going to take. As I mentioned in the past the first things I throw into my suitcase are the tickets, the passports, money, important papers, phone cables, and camera.

OK, I lied, medium suitcase is not going to do it, those big winter coats, sweaters and so on are going to take more room than my normal shorts and t-shirts. I’ll keep you post it tomorrow where I’m.

September 29 – Not a lot of progress today, I started looking for my warm clothes, so far I put in the suitcase a heavy jacket, long johns, a good sweater six pair of socks and nothing else. I wonder if I can get a USB heating blanket I can plug into my phone charger and carry with me.

September 30 – Not sure when it became another day, now I’m behind on my packing, so I’m looking thru my closet to find items that normally I wouldn’t pack, so I found a scarf, a winter hat and some worm gloves. I’m getting somewhere now, now all I need is my regular clothes; shirts, pants, underwear and shoes.

October 1 – In my mind this is the last day to pack, if it’s not in the suitcase is not going. I did notice my dog sitting inside the suitcase, he thinks he is going. At this point, rain or shine, warm or cold, snow or not, we will be in Montreal in couple days, my wife hasn’t pack yet, she keeps saying she has nothing to wear, I keep saying, you are right.

My mother always says, live for today you never know when your time comes, this trip is especial in her honor, I need to live by her words, she is sick right now and if she could speak she wouldn’t allow me to cancel this trip to stay with her.