Listicle

A very partial list of things I found in my backpack as I attempted to get ready for the first day of classes:

1) a note that said “find EVERY GLOWSTICK” in handwriting I didn’t recognize.

2) an epi-pen

3) a human tooth

4) two service readings

5) a sports whistle and a train whistle

6) a cootie catcher

7) so many weird notes about ever weirder stories from unit meetings this summer.

A very partial list of things I found in my backpack as I attempted to pack for URJ Biennial:

1)  Five friendship bracelets

2) A pack of notecards with facts about fish, held together with a rubber band that had seen much better days.

3) A pen that has the girl scout code on it, even though I was only a girl scout for about three weeks about a dozen years ago.

4) Four packs of tissues.

5) A pair of headphones much bigger then my head.

6) a laptop cord for a laptop that I haven’t owned in at least two years.

7) a folder that I covered completely in the same doodle, over and over again.

A very partial list of things I found in my backpack as I headed back to school from URJ Biennial:

1) Five water bottles

2) business cards from people in 10 states and 3 countries. Graduation is coming at a rate that makes me nervous.

3) A t-shirt that I left in New England, brought back to me by someone from New Jersey.

4) So. Many. Stickers.

5) Band-aids for all my blisters.

6) A nametag, wrinkled and worn, with pins from my camps and ribbons from my friends and the phrase STAFF in big bold letters.