PC - Packing List

Well, I pretty much just finished packing all my crap by 9 PM tonight. By "I", I mean my mom did most of the packing, let's be honest. I came in 15 pounds under the 80 pound weight limit, not counting my backpack, which is my carry-on. I'm going to guess now, my most useless items will be: jeans, discman, flip-flops, fleece.

I think I remembered just about everything, so here it is:

Luggage
2 Suitcases (24 x 13 x 13, or around there)
My backpack I’ve had since high school (LL Bean backpacks are the shit)
Staaf Sails green duffel bag – packed in one of the suitcases

Things That Require Electricity/Batteries
Shortwave radio
Converter, Adapter
Digital Camera
Extra memory card (512 MB) for camera
A couple throwaway cameras for backup
Reading lamp (Thanks Emma!)
Mini-speakers
Flashlight
Ipod and all it comes with
Discman, random cds, blank cds (backup in case the ipod is fried/stolen)
Digital alarm clock
Battery charger, rechargeable batteries, regular batteries

Seemingly Useful Things
Duct tape
Swiss Army knife, Gerber multi-plier
Packtowl (super absorbent camping towel)
Nalgene
Passport/money neck pouch
Carabiner (hopefully it'll find a use)
Kitchen knife, non-stick frying pan

Misc.
Pens, pencils
2 spiral notebooks
2007 wall calendar
Stamps, envelopes
Wooster stationary
Deck of cards
Uno cards
Frisbee
Kool-Aid (to flavor the water)

Clothes
3 Polos
4 T-shirts
1 Dress shirt
A lot of underwear and socks
2 pairs of pants
1 pair of jeans
Shoes
- My blue New Balances
- Columbia hiking shoes
- Tevas
- Dress shoes (also waterproof)
- flip-flops
Tie
Fleece
Rain jacket

Books
Homage to Catalonia – George Orwell
Dark Star Safari – Paul Theroux (Thanks Uncle Bobby!)
Travels with Charley – John Steinbeck
Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers – John Coyne, ed. (Thanks Emma!)
Peace Corps Volunteer Handbook – some bureaucrats
The Peace Corps Welcomes You To Cameroon – PC intro booklet to Cameroon
Lonely Planet West Africa guide

Gifts – Homestay Family
Yellow Wooster t-shirt
Youth Falcons hat
Atlanta calendar

Toiletries*
2 Toothbrushes
Some American toothpase
Floss
Bar of soap
Deodorant
2 bottles of hand sanitizer
About 6 months of contacts, solution
2 pairs of glasses (PC rule), Rx sunglasses, crappy crap shades
Tylenol
Etc., etc.
* The PC gives us a whole box of toiletries when we get in country