Spilling My Sanity in the Trunk

Jul 12, 2017

I’m not always a messy person. There are days where I can be clean, organized, and ready for anything. That is until the punch spilled over all over my trunk.

You might be wondering why my punch was in the trunk. Well, if you are like me you’ll understand that with kids, sometimes it’s better to risk the trunk getting soaked rather than the rest of the car.

Funny thing is, the punch didn’t spill because of the turn I took; a rough turn; someone ramming into my trunk, or any other logical scenario that would cause something to spill. Nope… It spilled because my son’s basketball rolled into the bowl.

I was SO mad. There I am — scrubbing with my wipes that I keep in my car like my life depended on it. Nothing was getting better. I was losing my cool, and to top it all off, my kids kept wanting to have a water fight with you guessed it, the punch.

This isn’t the first time something spilled in my trunk. Two weeks ago, salad bowl spilled, a whole salad bowl tumbled over because I forgot to organize my groceries. The lettuce was everywhere, the tomatoes were squashed, and all the dressing was- you guessed it! The trunk! Took me weeks to get that smell out and I’m almost positive you can still smell it because when my mom got in my car, she gave me this, “I thought I raised you better” look.

I think when it really comes down to it, I either shouldn’t put things that might cause a mess in the trunk OR organize the trunk in a way that things won’t fall. I use Pinterest all the time to find ideas for everything, so why not trunk organization ideas?

I saw this hack, that was telling me to get crates and a piece of wood and create shelf-like objects to store different objects like my salad bowl or my punch bowl, and all the other junk that goes in the trunk.

Creating different compartments will allow me to store more and make fewer messes. I highly suggest that you look at suggestions on how to keep your trunk organized. Save your frustration and give yourself more room in your trunk and a little piece of mind that nothing is spilling!