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January 13, 2008
Winding Up
Six Months. Sounds like a long time, but it seems like a short time when faced with the huge task of moving a family 6000 miles after being in one place for 6+ years. (Hmmm 666. Weird. Anyways...)
It seems that he four of us have accumulated quite a bit of shit in the last six years... Much of it I have little or no interest in keeping. This feels kinda like that nesting thing one goes through during pregnancy- except I am feeling the need to make the nest in the dumpster outside for the stuff.... It is hard to know where to start. One cabinet at a time, I suppose. When we got here- our furniture was rather sparse. Now we have something resembling a grown up life... and everything has to be sorted all over again.
When we came to Germany, we had all of 5 days from issue of orders to the day we had to be in on the way to LA to drop off the car for shipment- including appointments with movers, cleaning, and reservations for travel. Most military folks get 2 or more months at LEAST. We threw out so much shit on moving day that the illegals in the apartment complex thought it was Christmas time. They were floored I was throwing out a crib and a coffee maker, an old dresser and GOBS of old clothes.... (Hey- with 19 of them in a single 850 sq ft apartment they had a lot of kids to clothe.) SO- we took it out to the dumpster- they snagged it and took it next door.
I digress, as we have a longer heads up, I am hoping to avoid the whole mass dumpage of shit at the last minute. Then it will also be a challenge to make sure more shit doesn't accumulate behind me when I move to the project pile. I think I will start in the laundry room, and work from there...
I am gonna need a fuck-ton of trash bags.
Posted by TheFreud at January 13, 2008 12:41 PM
Comments
Have I ever told you that you should make your very own dictionary? "Fuck-ton" should be one of those words...
:D
Posted by: hilskie at January 16, 2008 9:39 AM
