Glow by Lady E

  The Scene After Travel You know that feeling when you get home from a trip? The bags are staring at you, the laundry is waiting, and all you want is a nap, but in my case, I wanted to sleep! Our back-to-back impromptu trips to Tagaytay and Vigan left me with very little sleep for several nights.  In the past, I used to “speedrun” unpacking just to get it over with. When we got back from Baguio, I did it in 15 minutes.  But this time, I did it differently. I slowed down. I gave myself 30 minutes—and I actually enjoyed it. The Laundry Trick The first thing I did was dump the clothes straight into the washing machine. Easy, because everything was already sorted. Lounge wear had its own packing cell, going-out clothes in another, underwear in another.  Our packing cells are color coded, too, so I know whose clothes are in a specific-colored cell. No thinking required. Even the totes and packing cells got tossed in after, so they’ll be fresh for the next adventure. C...