My move out date is this Sunday. Life has been hectic. I think things will calm down slightly by the end of the first week of July for me. Meanwhile, I’ll try my best with blogging regularly. Here’s some thoughts I’ve had today while packing. I’m way behind, as I only have about a few hours between working on getting un-unemployed during the day (Last week and a half I’ve been spending regimentally 9 hours a day getting occupational training.)
I always like to pack the easy stuff first. I pack dvds and books first since they’re not fragile and are easily stackable.
My fourth box of books.
To throw away or not to throw away?
Sometimes we have things that we cart in between moves only because we don’t feel right about throwing it out. I have this memento I’ve moved once already. This is my second time packing it up and I’m torn on whether I should keep it. It’s an autographed blow up doll from a book signing I went to for Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk. I had a fantastic time at the book signing, it’s a wonderful memory, it’s signed, but what on earth would I do with a autographed blow up doll? I’m definitely not interested in using it for its obvious purpose and I definitely won’t be displaying it like you would usually an autographed memento…. I hate to think I’ll just stash it away and pack it with every move. I do have an autographed book from the signing so this isn’t the only autograph I got. Seriously, I don’t know what to do about it. For now, he’s packed up.
Palahniuk throwing out dolls.
After I pack books and dvds, I pack shoes because most of mine are in shoe boxes and those are pretty stackable too. I sometimes stick small breakables in shoe boxes. I stuck some small snow globes in some of the shoe boxes today.
My second box of shoes.
So it goes: First pack dvds & books, then shoes, and THEN I usually start trudging and stalling. Everything else isn’t so stackable! Needless to say, I didn’t make it past the shoes today.