This is it.
One more night.
I'm probably going to move all the stuff by myself. Seems a little unfair to ask anyone for help when it's probably going to be a pretty uncomfortable situation. Stbx is probably planning on watching me through the whole thing. Make sure I don't take anything that isn't 'mine'. The only really difficult thing will be the mattresses. But I've moved them myself before. It's possible, just not much fun.
I'm quite glad that I'm the one to move first. The amount of junk we've accumulated is amazing. I am not a hoarder. If I haven't touched it in more than a year, it gets tossed. But stbx thinks everything she owns is worth its weight in gold.
In going through the numerous boxes in the basement, there was only one big box of pictures that I was interested in. Even after I brought it out and started looking, instead of trying to haggle about who gets what, I decided to find a decent picture scanner and make copies of everything.
I've been thinking a little bit about sentimentality. I'm not very sentimental myself, but I don't want that to negatively affect my girls. If they want to be that way, that's fine. I know I need to be careful about telling them they don't need to keep something just because I don't think they need to keep it. On the other hand, they should know there's a difference between hanging on to junk and keeping something because it's special.
On that note, has anyone ever encouraged their children to collect things? I'm not talking about collecting things off the ground on their way home from the bus stop, but things linked to special events or places. Like myself, I've started a small collection of coffee mugs from places I've been. I have one from Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone so far. And a Scooby Doo mug.
So tomorrow's the day. My apparent organization kind of failed. I forgot that I asked the interwebs company to wait until I confirmed the date and I never called back. Now they can't get to it until Tuesday. Oh well. Probably for the best so more important things can get done.
I am so ready for this week to be over. Work's been crazy and home life's been crappy.
Hope everyone else had a much better week.
It will get better once you settle in. It felt like a huge weight was lifted once I actually even just made the decision. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteMoving is never fun, no matter what the circumstances...but you'll be settled in soon and it will be a relief.
ReplyDeleteI have a natural inclination to save things, but over the years I have learned to fight it and purge, purge, purge. If it isn't necessary or really sentimentally important, out it goes.
None of my kids have any real collections...and I haven't really collected anything in that way since my dad used to bring my sister and I these little decorative spoons from his business trips.
My kids are scavengers so they tend to bring hoe things they've found. But I definitely don't encourage and souvenir collecting - I's rather they didn't.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the move!
I'm hoping everything went well with the move!
ReplyDeleteEven now I have to wonder why I'm holding on to certain items. Some things I just can't let go of, but I'm more conscious of gathering too many things. I learned my lesson after the last move.
Danielle - It's nice not to live with all that tension now. Thanks!
ReplyDeletelaura - It was not fun. I did 90% of it myself. I thought she was going to be there looking over my shoulder so I didn't ask for any help.
secret agent - We used to have assorted collections of 'pretty things' all over the house until I cracked down on that. It's just a rock!
Tara - I got moved and didn't break anything. That's a good move in my book.