my emergency kit.

so, i know there are some skeptics among you who have made a tremendous amount of fun of my emergency kit. and i recognize that with the exception of an early use of the permanent marker in it, there were no emergencies that required its use on the alaska trip. but it also came along on this trip, and in the past 24 hours, we have used:

1. a small carabiner clip, to hold closed the curtain that separates our section of the room from sophie's, so she would go to sleep.
2. a binder clip, to hold the same curtain at one end, since we pulled it too hard & popped off whatever held it closed on that end previously (note: this was not specifically in the emergency kit, but it was meant to be, i just forgot to put it into the bag.)
3. cortisone cream, for a bizarre, unpleasant, majorly itchy allergic reaction that was spreading giant red welts up my legs.
4. benadryl, for the same itchy mess
5. the flashlight, because miss sophie was declining sleep with any lights on in the whole room, and, well, we wanted to see...

so, as you all can tell, without my emergency kit, we would have been stuck with a screaming non-sleeping baby, in the dark, and ridiculously itchy (or paying an overpriced visit to health services).

carabiner: $3
binder clip: $0.50
cortisone cream: $5
benadryl: $5
flashlight $7
not having a miserable first night of vacation: priceless.

love,
sarah, from key west.