Every time I move (which is often, by the way), I always find myself thinking how odd it is to pack up every single item I own into boxes that are really heavy and cumbersome, carry the suckers 0r find someone to carry them for me in addition to all my precious furniture (which consists of mostly items from my childhood) out to my car or borrowed vehicle and transport all of my belongings to a new, and hopefully improved, location where everything will have to be transported and unpacked. It's a strange habit.
I probably move more than the average person. Here's a brief look at my moves since I turned 18:
- 12th & Harrison basement
- 12th & Harrison main level
- Montview & Rosemary
- Norman, Oklahoma
- back into mom's - bummer.
- 14th & Emerson
- Bayaud & Sherman
- Lincoln & Virginia
- Reinbek, Germany
- 31st & Zuni
- 13th & Gaylord
- 12th & Lafayette
- Colfax & Marion
Needless to say, I've begun packing up my apartment. I will be storing most of my stuff with my sister, who so generously offered to store whatever I needed in the basement of their yet-to-be-acquired home. I took her up on it. She and her husband have made an offer on a place near the Tech Center.
I've been purging more than packing...literally and physically (Crystal was in town).
I seriously examined my wardrobe, if you can call it that, and got rid of over 100 articles of clothing. Wow. Is that a lot of clothes? Maybe not. How many articles of clothing do you have?
How does someone like me who very rarely buys clothes have so many clothes to get rid of??? I guess by accepting every hand-me-down I was ever given!
I'm looking forward to lightening the load that I move every one and one-third year. I'm hoping to find other things to purge while I'm packing, but we'll see. I was, after all, born to a family of collectors and packrats.
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