My packing list

• Analytical chemistry book¹
• Biochemistry book²
• Books³
• Torchlight
• AP physics notes
• Toothbrush⁴
• Soap
• Toothpaste
• Tape/thumbtacks
• Staples⁵
• Hairbrush
• Bread recipe
• Eating utensils
• Blank CDs
• Umbrella
• OCMR combination⁶
• Clip-on light
• Scissors
• Dance music
• Dance clothes, shoes, hair stuff, makeup, etc.⁷
• Hair spray!
• Creative writing books⁸
• Assorted notebooks⁹
• Room knickknacks
• Christmas lights for violin case
• Sheet music
• Masterminds t-shirt
• Phone charger
• Concert dress¹⁰

This is, of course, not a complete packing list. For example, clothes haven't really been mentioned. I have the tendency to live out of boxes over the summer, though, so a lot of things are already (basically) packed. These are the things that are in danger of being left behind.

¹ To be lent to a friend.
² Purchased ahead of time, off of Amazon. I actually planned ahead!
³ Limit six Animorphs books. For real.
⁴ Possibly the thing that I forget most, no matter where I'm going.
⁵ I ran out last semester.
⁶ You keep the same mailbox with the same combination for all four years, unless you go abroad. I've made it a tradition to forget my combination over the summer.
⁷ Nutcracker!
⁸ In the (possibly vain) hope that I'll be able to reuse books from one class to the next.
⁹ I've found that taking notes on my computer doesn't work for me--I like to draw too many diagrams, I think.
¹⁰ Funny story: One time, I forgot to bring my concert pants and didn't realize until I was trying to get dressed for a concert. I ended up wearing a pair of black sweatpants, and no one could actually tell the difference, but I don't plan on ever repeating that.