Yesterday, I lost an important member of my traveling community. My first pair of traveling pants. (Traveling pants. n. a pair of pants worn not for their attractiveness (which they don't really have) but for their practicality, and the ability to adjust and be rolled up and held in place with snaps or buttons to acommadate the weather, or activities such as biking.) The pants were already ripped due to extreme wear and tear, and yesterday, I put them on for the anticipated manual labor we would be doing at the playground. While putting on my socks, I heard a loud rrrrrip of the fabric. They were ripped beyond decency. It's time to put them down.
I bought the pants before Holli and I went on our backpacking adventure around the British Isles 3 years ago. They have been to England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Ecuador, and now Peru. They've biked the Dingle Peninsula, climbed an Alp (well, on one of those cable car thingys), crossed the Baltic Sea, salsa danced, and a whole lot of other things in the US that just don't sound that impressive. They have served me well, and will be sorely missed. Rest in Peace, Traveling Pants. You may not have looked good, but you worked good. (yes, I'm an English teacher. Yes, I know the proper grammer is "worked well," but worked good made the sentence flow better. Artistic liberty.)
In order to honor the memory of the Traveling Pants, I would like to make them into something else. Any suggestions?
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Make them into shorts...?
Kelli. I do not appreciate being used for your readers entertainment. If I continue to be objectified in this manner I will stop posing for pictures...(ok thats an empty threat, you know I can't help myself)
I'm very sorry about your pants. I suggest you fashion yourself a traveling skirt. This will be lightweight, quick drying, and still be capable of height adjustment (short and really short so we can get into museums for free). If this skirt turns out ill fitted, which it most likely will, you can always turn it into a lamp shade.
The location of the rip would make them really, really short shorts. As Holli says, we could probably get into places for free if I wore shorts that short. I may have auctioned myself off, but I'm not sure I'm willing to objectify myself like that just yet. A skirt may be possible, though...
Kelli, you have two choices: You can send them to me for repair (I know I've seen worse from your Uncle Marc's hunting collection), OR, covert them into a shoulder bag (with lots of great pockets). Either way, you won't be killing your loyal pal.... Love, Wanda
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