Because who doesn't pack thirteen ties for a two-day trip?

Dad sent a text this afternoon asking if I was trying to break a world record for the longest time living on two days' worth of clothing.  The answer is yes -- if not a world record, then at least a personal record.   

But let's be clear about one thing:  I may have spent the last two weeks alternating between two changes of clothes and sending daily loads of laundry to the hotel cleaners, but it wasn't until today that I had to repeat a tie.