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03/21/2003 Archived Entry: "Packing heat"

We're in pretty good moving-shape today...Lots of boxes lined up against the wall and my desk has never been cleared so well.

It's truly amazing how much crap you can throw away during a move. This is stuff that you have around you all the time...living in your junk drawers or cluttering up your living space. Today I threw away about 30 food delivery menus for places that I've never ordered food from in the year or so that they've been in my junk drawer, and that's just one small example of the things that I could easily live without. I really do want less stuff, not more. There are a few things I'd like to improve (like our crappy futon couch), and a few things I'd trade for other things (I'd like a good kite, and would be willing to get rid of other hobby materials to make room for it) but we don't really need any more things.

We both wish we could start moving our stuff in tonight instead of a week from tomorrow. Given the opportunity we'd likely stay awake all night and pack a bed over there.