In preparation for our trip to Baltimore with Luke, I have begun a list of everything we need to take. We are taking the baby, so we need everything from two pack-n-plays to a dish rack to wash the baby’s bottles. In that process my husband and I have also been trying to figure out what size vehicle we should rent to take out East. We knew our car would be too small and our SUV is so big that he doesn’t want to drive it through Baltimore traffic. Plus, it is a long trip and my husband prefers not to put all the miles from this trip on our current vehicles. So that leaves us with the option of car rental.
The only problem is we had a “friendly debate” as to what kind of car we should rent. We don’t want to spend too much money on the rental and there was a huge difference in price between the various car sizes and a minivan, so after a few days I lost that battle. I figured a minivan would have plenty of room, not be too long for traffic, and would get good gas mileage….but no it costs too much. Then we began to “debate” about the car size; there are mid-size (we have), full-size, premium, luxury, and then there was the mid-size SUV. So many options! We spent so much time trying to find dimensions of trunks online, only to find volume capacity. That helped, but we really needed to know the dimensions so we could figure out exactly what would fit.
My husband was so sure we could fit everything into the trunk of a full-size car, and I’m thinking…no way, it is only one size bigger than our car and according to the internet only about 1 foot more in cubic space!! So I set out to prove my point!! I cleared a rectangular area in the kitchen and took my list I had been working on for our trip, and figured out what would have to go in the trunk. Then, I proceeded to pack. Yes, I know I was making something that should be easy…hard….I do that a lot. But, once I got everything into my little rectangle I measured and knew I would need a lot more space than what was in our trunk. After all I had a large suitcase, medium suitcase, two pack-n-plays, double stroller, small box of food, jug of water, dish rack, portable booster seat, bath seat, and dish pan. Those were the bigger things anyway. I left that pile there the whole day so my husband would see what I had been trying to tell him. When he got home from work, of course he said “it will fit…I bet I could fit it into our car”. I’m definitely not agreeing with this….so after supper…what does he do?? Yep…he starts packing up the car…so sure it would all fit in our trunk.
Of course, Luke got mad with daddy left the house to do this…so I opened the front door so he could see daddy through the screen. So here was our happy family; my husband shoving stuff into the trunk and Luke looking on with so much interest and saying “aahhh….aahhhdaahh”…as if he was cheering daddy on. Then there was me, the skeptic…who kept peeking out the window…and thinking…oh no, he may just get it to fit!!
Well I have to admit…I was wrong…..everything fit. I have no idea how he did it. I’m usually the one who gets everything to fit when we pack everything up on trips. I now have a new respect for my husband’s abilities to pack!! So I lost the debate and we are taking a full-size car out East!! I can only hope when I go to pack for real, that I didn’t miss anything else big we need to take!! It may just have to stay behind, whatever it is!!
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