Packin'

I had procrastinated as long as I could. Even Kiel gently requested that I might want to consider packing up my stuff. After all, we are moving on Monday. I have known it all along, but these days I have to find a time when energy and motivation peak together with resources. Seems those times are few and far between.

There is no help for it. I just need to do it. I have been thinking about it. What weighs me down are the boxes of books and music. They seem to fill my space and insist on remaining unorganized. I can never find what I need when I need it. I decide to bring the boxes to my office at the library. I have bookshelf space still available there, and after all, much of this is seminary stuff. Kiel helps me haul it into the library.

I work all afternoon organizing those shelves. It takes time, but it is exactly what I need to spur me on to take care of packing my stuff when I get home. I knew once I removed that roadblock I would make good progress. In a mere 2.5 hours I had everything else done (Kiel had packed the kitchen for the most part).

It was as if a weight had lifted. I am surprised to see that my efforts to weed out stuff had been pretty successful. There is an inevitable additional weeding that will happen in the new place once we see what fits where and what else we can do without. If I keep this up, by the time I have to go to some assisted living place, I should be able to pack my suitcase and go!