Things I Need To Remember to Take on My Daytrip

This is essentially me glorifying my inventory because I absolutely will forget to equip it. For you see tomorrow (plans willing) me and the house + friend troop to the Iziko South African Museum (the one by the Company's Garden) for a day of being massive fucking nerds.

Last time we went I entirely forgot to bring my glasses, so now I have been seized by anxiety's quieter cousin. And seeing as I have nothing else to write of today, let's have a silly one.


Items as follow:

  1. Glasses 
    bog standard. helps me see the plaques and the squirrels.

  2. Jewellery 
    a recent development, but now i feel naked without it. besides, good to fidget with.

  3. Binoculars 
    gifted to me on my birthday. in case we do take a turn about the Gardens, or if the fossils are particularly high up.

  4. Birding Book 
    just in case.

  5. Notebook + Pen 
    old ass notebook and pen i got for christmas. i'm gonna miss this thing when it kicks the bucket.

  6. I.D. 
    locals get in cheaper hehe. you are not getting a photo of it, here is miss bug.

  7. Some Indication I Use He/Him Pronouns 
    yeaaahhh short of tattooing my forehead there's not much to be done. here's a trinket i'm taking.

  8. Sunscreen 
    this is only sort of because its summer here. mostly the smell of sunscreen invigorates me to go outside and do stuff like nothing else, its instinctual at this point.

And that's the whole of it. I'm excited!

Comments

  1. black teaJanuary 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM

    As a fellow glasses-wearer, the forgetting of one's glasses/contact lenses should not be as easy as it is. Hope you have the best time at the museum––with your glasses!

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    1. BasilJanuary 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM

      Truly, considering how thoroughly it informs how you interact with the world around you xD But I will be triumphant this time! And thank you :3

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