I hear you. I am packing for a four day backpacking trip into the Sierras. Taking my 13 year old boy and a couple of his buddies, their dads, and a friend of mine that I went to school with back in England. None of them are very experienced so I have to make sure everyone has their gear together etc. It is a blast once we get up into the mountains but the organization is a bit of a pain. I also have to get a weeks worth of work done in three days so that I can leave on Thursday.