The kids and I declared today that Daddy was terribly nerdly as he requires that ALL our boxes are the same size so that we can pack them and stack them in perfectly neat rows and stacks.
And I thought I was the one with the OCD tenancies inherited from my father and grandmother.
Whew! I am brutal tired right now.
I packed and packed and packed and packed some more.
And I have thrown out half our house – it feels like – and it’s awful the amount of junk that we have collected over the past 8+ years of living here. It’s amazing to me that there is so much crap that I’m not even willing to garage sale, and yet it was too valuable to throw out.
Are you kidding me? WOW!
The worst part of today was when Jon loaded up the van with bags and bags of garbage to take to the dump and a few big garbage bags of clothes to drop off at the thrift store and then he drove off only to call me about 15 minutes later with the news that the dump had new hours and closed at 5pm on weekdays….it was 5:07pm. So that meant that he had to come home and unload all the crap back into our garage. UGH! I can sense the mountain of garbage down there. I was so looking forward to one less thing cluttering up my mind and now it sits there….so SO annoying.
It feels a little weird to have boxed up so much and to have so many bags of garbage and to feel like I’ve not really done anything.
I mean, my house was a bit messy when I started this morning and now it’s pretty clean. Not amazing, but definately WAY BETTER than this morning AND just today, I managed to throw out a bin liner of crap and also to pack away about 15 boxes.
I’m guessing that I do a pretty good job of keeping everything tucked away in behind cupboards and in closets and drawers….I’m liking the fact that my house is looking a little emptier…not as much as you’d think it would look with the number of boxes down in the office/storage area. I’d like to try and keep it that way.
But for now I’m tired……so So SO tired.
And so, I shall go to bed.
I’m off to work tomorrow and then back home and then to my sister’s wedding rehearsal (an hour away) and then home again and them back to my sisters wedding and then to church and then to the evening service, as we are responsible for that this week as well………and so tomorrow starts the crazy busy weekend that I’ve been dreading all week. Not that I’m dreading my sister’s wedding, just the craziness of the whole weekend.
But I am looking forward to moving into my very own house…..and it’s coming soon. Oh So Soon! YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Where are you moving to? I am very happy for you and Jon to be able to purchase a house
Hi Patti,
I didn’t get a chance to read the whole post, but just wanted to say that all the same size boxes rock! Stacking them is so much easier than all different sizes! Happy packing! (or unpacking if you are doing that now)