did a three-day fighting game tournament two states over. my usual travel brain is all snacks and caffeine, but this time i packed my pen in a little insulated pouch with an ice pack and threw it in my backpack.
weirdly the hardest part was the 8-hour train ride and keeping the pouch from getting smashed under my arcade stick. i also swapped my normal two gas-station sodas for sparkling water and barely noticed.
didn't have any dramatic appetite stuff, just felt normal enough to eat a real meal instead of surviving on chips. small win: came home with the same snack budget i left with.
curious how you all handle a few days away without making it a whole logistics spreadsheet?