Fly Away Little Bee.

Rachel Bilson, looking as cute as ever while leaving the airport.

Tomorrow is my final day before leaving on my vacation, so it's probable that I'll be extremely busy. Expect this to be my last post until next weekend, when I return from my week long trip.

Tomorrow I'll spend my day cramming all my pre-trip tasks in. Starting with a pedicure to prepare my toes for the beach. Then I need to pack, which I oddly enough enjoy doing. I love packing, I just hate unpacking. I also need to drop my dogs off at the kennel. (Which will be sad, spending a week away from my dogs is tough!) And then I'll likely spend the rest of the night worrying about things I've forgotten and trying to shove afterthoughts into my suitcase(s).

Since I won't be here to say it on Saturday, I hope you all enjoy the 4th of July! Hopefully mine will still be enjoyable despite my prediction that a great portion of the day will be spent stuck in icky traffic.

If anyone else is traveling for the 4th, how about sharing what you bring to keep you busy on the road/train/bus/airplane. I usually stuff a purse with tons of stuff to keep me busy.

• A magazine, or three. This time I'm bring the issue of Glamour with Taylor Swift on the cover.
• Two books. I usually read one on the way there and one on the way back. This year I'm re-reading an old classic by Judy Blume, Forever. I also have a few books lying around my room that are dying to be read, so I'll probably bring those as well.
• Ipod/MP3 player. I haven't updated the songs on my ipod in around a year, and the battery has started to die ridiculously fast, but when my eyes start to tire, I like to have something to listen to. And I know the rest of my family doesn't want to listen to my music on the radio for the entire trip, this keeps us all happy. Plus the music blocks out whatever my family is saying!
• A pillow. I always keep a pillow nearby so that I can rest my head against a window and try to catch some sleep. I like to hope that the next time I open my eyes I'll be pulling up at the beach.
  
• A snack. Things like the 100 calorie packs and other on-the-go type foods are good.
• Deck of cards. If you're traveling with a friend/sibling/etc. cards can be surprisingly fun. There are a ton of fun games to play, and maybe the people you're traveling with know of a game that you don't.