The thing I hate most about travel is packing. I do anything to avoid it (which explains why I end up doing laundry at 11:00 pm the night before I'm on the road). Avoidance has it's uses though, I got through a bunch of bill paying, accounts balancing, got in my long run this afternoon and did a bunch of laundry. It usually ends up that I almost always leave packing to the night before leaving and then try to organize what to bring and hope I don't forget something essential. Which just adds a bit of stress. Never mind the fact that you can always (usually) buy stuff you've forgotten. There must be a happy medium between the people who pack days in advance and the last minute packers like me -- I've yet to find it.