A long time ago, I came to the realization that one should unpack one’s bags as soon as returning from a trip. Having just returned from my vacation today, I want to share a story with you.

After college, when I was in my early 20′s I moved from Miami to Denver for 2 years. I came home for Christmas one year for a couple of weeks. When I returned to Denver, I left my luggage on the floor of my bedroom for a couple of weeks and just used what I needed out of there. After a while, I noticed that my apartment wasn’t smelling that great but could not figure out where the smell was coming from. I came home from work one night and decided to finally empty out my luggage, because I realized the smell was coming from there.

Lo and behold, my Grandmother snuck a glass ball jar of homemade tuna salad into my luggage with a note that said, “I wanted you have something to eat when you got home tonight.” Little did she know that I would not unpack the bag for 2 stinkin’ weeks! And anyway, who sneaks tuna salad into a person’s luggage? My late Granny, that’s who! (I really miss her even though that incident made me gag.)

Emptying your luggage as soon as you get home is important, not only because someone may have put perishable food in there without you knowing, but also because it is stressful to live out of a suitcase. I hate tripping over it, looking at it and then having to iron all the clothes because they are squished and wrinkled.

I am happy to say my luggage was emptied within 45 minutes of my arrival.

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