Geek travel update: Mostly as planned

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I planned my packing for the Oct 5 – Oct 15 trip to the Philippines using several matrices. Life worked out mostly as planned. This was how I thought it would work out:

  Cream tee White tee Pink tee Dress
Dress       2011-10-9
Brown skirt 2011-10-07   2011-10-10  
Stretch pants 2011-10-15 2011-10-05 2011-10-08  
Cargo pants 2011-10-13 2011-10-11 2011-10-06  
Board shorts   2011-10-14 2011-10-12  

I liked the planning method, so I built the analysis into my home dashboard. This is what my clothing logs tell me:

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Here’s that listed by date (also from the same page):

Clothing item 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
pink board shorts                   A     1
dark brown capri pants                     A   1
white Wanko lace       B     A           2
cream v-neck shirt                 A   A   2
rose shirt     A             A     2
brown cable sweater A                     A 2
paint-spattered stretch pants A A     A             A 4
cream shift dress           A             1
light blue Jockey T-shirt       A                 1
white Jockey shirt A A     A     A       A 5
brown skirt with pattern       B     A           2
beige vest A                     A 2
blue cargo     A A       A A       4
Total 4 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4  

A and B distinguish different outfits on the same day.

I might need to fix the clothing logs as the pictures come in. I forgot to track some of the earlier days, so I filled them in from memory.

I wore the white T-shirt / stretch pants combination on the plane rides, hence the double-counted days.

Next time, I should bring more polyester and less cotton. I brought the cotton T-shirts because they were easy to mix and match. They were fine in the city, where we spent most of our time in airconditioned comfort. The polyester top I borrowed from W- was much more comfortable in hot weather. It dried faster after washing, too. Many of my polyester tops are more sport-like and can’t easily be matched with skirts, but I’ll keep an eye out for other tops that would be a good fit. The travel pants my dad got me should also make it easier to use my travel tops.

I should plan for clothes to dry in two days, not one. Maybe even three days, for safety.

We packed just the right number of clothes, I think. I didn’t feel like I packed too few clothes, and I didn’t end up with lots of clothes unworn.

W- totally won in terms of clothing. It turns out that scrubs are excellent for air travel: a loose fit for comfort; pockets for pens, passports, and boarding passes; and room to avoid aggravating sunburns.

Yay geek travel!

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