I am packing for 8 days trip and I am little stumped, and would appreciate some advice. I have probate court hearing Tusday at 12h in my home town which is 6h car ride away. Plan is to leave Tuesday early in the morning and drive straight to the court. After the hearing I will run couple of errands, visit my mom's grave, meet with some friends for dinner and spend night there. Wednesday we leave early and drive another 3 hours  to visit my dad who is again in hospital. After that we will run couple of errands, go shopping for my father's needs and meet friends for dinner. We are spending night there and Thursday morning we again go visit my dad and after that drive 2 hours to a Wellness Resort where I have enrolled in 5 nights healthy spine retreat. While there I will have intensive physical therapy with 4 different individual sessions each day, spend time in pools and saunas, go for massages and beauty treatments , participate in yoga and meditations classes, and walk or bike in nature, depending on the weather. I expect to spend days in bathing suits, bathrobes, exercise gear and loungewear. But I will probably get dressed in real outfits for dinner each night. We will spend 5 nights there and finally drive back home for about 3 hours. Since it is a car trip, I don't necessary need to pack light, but I don't want to overpack either. Since we will be staying in 3 different hotels, and first 3 days have very different itinerary then the rest, I am thinking of packing smaller bag for first 2 nights and bigger one for the spa days. My biggest issue is outerwear and shoes, weather will be very variable and level of dressines too. I probably need something smarter for visiting court, bank, lawyers, hospital and going for dinners, and something much more casual for anticipated activities in resort. I am considering items in finds but probably don't need all of them. What can I leave home? Am I forgetting something? How many bathing suits and exercise gear sets are you recommending? Shell I swap one pair of jeans for some dressier pants or skirt? Maybe packing hat and scarf would not hurt? I run cold. I have added weather forecast for the period both in C and F. Maybe trenchcoat instead of wool coat for first 3 days since weather will not be that bad but nights are still cold? I also have to make sure that everything still fits comfortably, especially jeans and swimwear, since I have gained some weight recently. I had to order 3 pairs of sweatpants. I haven’t refreshed them since 2020, and they were looking worn but also getting tight. All 3 new pairs are in finds, but not sure if I need to take all 3.

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