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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Boxes!
So, the one element that I have previously been missing which has impeded my progress toward moving was boxes. I picked up five boxes today – all of relatively small size – to begin my packing process. I figure I can mail one or two every few days and get all of my things out to Ohio in no time. I’m going to have a busy “weekend,” though, as I have to start doing laundry, sorting clothes to figure out what I’m actually taking with me and what I’m not, and then really packing things from my bins into boxes.
Everyone keeps telling me how I don’t have much to pack and send, but believe me, when you’re looking at trying to move things about in such a small space, it feels like a lot more than what it apparently looks like. First things first, though, I’ll do laundry and that will help me get organized, because I can separate the clothes I wear from the clothes I don’t wear as I fold it all and put it into baskets. Then I’ll drag one box out of my closet at a time, and start packing things as evenly into the boxes as I can manage. Then it’s just a matter of closing them up and addressing them, and they can go on their way to Ohio.
I can’t express how excited I am about this move. It’s scary, because of all the things that could potentially go badly wrong, but mostly I remain excited. We’re going to be in our own place, which we can make into a home for ourselves. I look forward to experimenting with the massive list of recipes that I have saved and bookmarked, and just generally being able to call a place home, and have a large say in what goes where and how it’s organized. It’s going to be a Very Good Thing.
Other things that I still need to take care of are… buying a dog carrier, getting checkups for my cats, calling the PP for a refill on my scrip, and actually getting things packed and cleaned. It’s going to be a busy (less than) five weeks.
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