So I started my packing this weekend. I feel like I've made a significant dent - mainly in the fact that I've either sold, donated, or thrown away several things that for some reason made the move from Lawrence to Evanston - but will not make the move from Evanston to Chicago. Why do I have flashback to Toy Story 2 and The Brave Little Toaster in my head now...
Anyhow...
Most of these possessions have been pretty easy to part with - the chairs that didn't fit in my car, so I just placed them by my trashcans and viola! they were gone in less than an hour. Then there was the computer desk that was sold to a NW student...which was little hard to get rid of, but I think that was because I thought that Robert had more of personal connection than I did. Then there were my old text books and notebooks from college - who knows why I still had them...most likely because the KU bookstores wouldn't give me any money back for them.
Then there was my Lance Armstrong magazines...now, let me tell you - most of these are at least 2 maybe 3 years old. One might have even been 4 years old. Again, why I still had these magazines. I don't know. Maybe it was proof that I am a truly Lance Armstrong and le Tour fan...but then it's not like I have 3 books, a poster, and a framed picture involving Lance. However, these magazines were the last items left on my bookshelf, I stood there looking at them - should I thrown them away? When was the last time I read them? Why do I have these? I still have these? Look at this one - it's falling a part...in fact wasn't it falling a part when I got from Liesel after a trip to see Eric at Philmont? Well, to make the story short - they made it to the trash...and maybe it was all for the best because after I threw them away I headed to downtown Evanston to find myself in the midst of a crowd observing a cycling race - incredible...and so much better than just a few old magazines.
~mitzi
P.S. My newest niece and nephew are now crawling!!! Go check out their sites!! :)
4 comments:
For some reason my computer is opening the new comments window in a window that is barely 1 inch wide, so I can't see all of my comments...hope I spelled things right.
Anyway--good job "letting go" of stuff--this is a good time to do it, as things just get harder to let go (because, if you've moved them 5 or 10 times, they MUST be important, right???). And--hope you were able to sell those old text books for at least a little bit of money...
Finally--hopefull the magazines makign it to the "trash" was just an expression--recycle! =)
oh--I win =) almost 24 hours after the post, too....
I am totally falling off of my game. . .geese!
Ooo, Eric is putting in LOTR, gotta go. You should try to sell the textbooks on Ebay. Eric can help you when we get there! Can't wait for those dips!
(should I pick-up sunkist?)
i miss lance with all the stuff going down in the tour now. what is wrong with these guys?
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