New tires!

I knocked another item off of my to-do list today. I bought new tires for my car. A lot of people ask me if I'm taking my own car on the trip or if I'm renting a car. I can't imagine not taking my car with me. I ADORE my car. It's a 2009 Acura TSX that I bought in July of 2008. It has about 56,000 miles on it and is in super shape. It has an in-dash GPS system and my iPhone hooks up to it so I can play all of my music and podcasts directly through the audio system. I am probably more likely to give up an apartment than give up my car.

The issue of packing the car does prove to be a bit of a conundrum though. It's not very large and I don't want to load up the back seat to advertise to the world that I have a ton of stuff with me. So I'm trying to figure out how to best utilize the trunk space. I have measured it out, and it's not very orthogonal. You see, I want to buy some plastic or canvas drawers (from The Container Store or similar) and put them in my trunk to best optimize the space deep in the trunk that is often difficult to reach. So at some point soon, I'll go and see what products I can find. But my plan is to load up the drawers with clothes and have a separate "hotel bag" that will contain my toiletries, pajamas, and whatnot. When I arrive at an overnight location, I'll simply grab the clothes I need from the trunk drawers and load up the hotel bag. This will prevent me having to lug a giant suitcase into every place that I stay. Brilliant! So I have some shopping to do to find the right size drawers for the trunk.

Yay for progress!!

Also, I made my dining reservations for Disney World. Super exciting!