I can't remember the last time I carried a backpack. Well, wait, that's a lie, I do remember. It was high school. However, when I transitioned to college, I lost the backpack in favor of a supersized tote type bag. These were pretty standard backpack substitutes at OU, and without one, well, you looked a little odd. I continued this supersized bag trend when I entered graduate school but upgraded on the quality of the bag, hoping to look a little more professional. The supersized bag wasn't big enough though, so I transitioned to a mega-gigantic-could-fit-a-small-family-in-it sized bag. After all, a typical day for me consists of being a teacher, a counselor, a supervisor, a graduate assistant, and oh yeah, a full time student. All of these roles require a lot of stuff, and a lot of stuff means a big bag!
My days on campus have gotten longer with each semester, and now I'm typically on campus or working twelve or thirteen hour days (homework and writing not included.) I don't mind the long days so much as I mind carrying around a mega-gigantic-could-fit-a-small-family-in-it sized bag full of stuff. Soon after this semester started I noticed shooting pains in my neck and right shoulder where my bag rests. I've also noticed my shoulders are beginning to look uneven from the mega-gigantic bag. Just in case you don't quite believe the weight of the bag, let me tell you that when I get it the car and sit my bag in the passenger seat, a light in my car starts blinking that the passenger airbag has been disabled. It thinks my bag is a small child, awesome.
So after a several months of increased pain and complaining, Matt convinced to upgrade from the one shoulder behemouth bag to a more structured, smaller bag. (I later found out "smaller" is relative term.) So, after weeks of looking, I settled on this Coach messenger style laptap bag. I was hoping for the Fendi messenger, but unfortunately its costs more than I make in two months, so that was out. After purchasing the bag, I came home excited to clean out my old bag and transition to my new, more condensed, grown up bag. In my old bag I discovered 18 pens, 5 Zone bars, 2 packages of peanut butter crackers, 8 tubes of lip gloss, 4 Starbursts, 2 water bottles, 2 addressed and unmailed cards, a million paperclips, 3 pairs of earrings, 2 bracelets, 2 bottles of perfume, 2 hair rubberbands, a student coupon book, a bottle of Advil, and a pair of sunglasses. All of this on top of my textbooks, planner, ipod, wallet, and notepad. No freaking wonder my back hurt! I was carrying a small convenience store with me! So, after trying to guess how old the Starbursts and crackers were (I later decided they were too old), I decided I should really make an effort to downsize my school "necessities." I mean, who really needs 5 Zone bars and an entire jewelry box with them 12 hours a day? So this is my public resolution to downsize my life and transition successfully to my new, non mega sized bag. The fact that I have new fabulous bag should certainly help :)
4 comments:
Super cute and professional!
I love your grown up backpack! So stylish. I also love that you admitted to the random contents of your bag. The last time I cleaned out my bag I had about the same amount of randomness, plus a couple of spoons and forks. Just in case.
So funny. You don't even want to know what you find switching DIAPER bags. Whole different ballgame. But glad you found a cute bag you love!
Love, Love Luv it! The bag is fabulous and I hope you are enjoying it. Traditional backpacks are sooo 10years ago!
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