It’s T-minus 4 days and counting till moving day. Well, technically it’s 5 days since we’re leaving Saturday morning, but I have to be packed and all ready to go BY Saturday.

And of course, all that knitting as packing procrastination I did previously came back to haunt me, as in recent days I’ve practically awakened from a cold sweat thinking, HOLY CRAP I STILL AM NOT DONE PACKING!

Well, this weekend and today I’ve made a lot of progress. My spare room is nearly empty, praise all things holy! The real nightmare about it, though, is that there are two things I keep finding more of. 1) clothes and 2) yarn. oh wait, then there’s 3) books. sigh. I should take a photo of all the stuff that I am giving to Salvation Army, only I think you might get scared because I know I am. It’s literally getting difficult to walk around the living room because I’ve got stuff I’m keeping on one side of the walkway and stuff I’m giving away on the other side. The poor dogs look more confused every day that I add more to the piles. I think they’re just mirroring the confusion on my face as I question myself: How the heck did I become a packrat? And when did this occur?

I will say, though, that seeing all the stuff I’ve amassed has opened my eyes to not only how wasteful I’ve become over the years, but how to avoid this in the future. Quite simply put…buy less stuff. oh what a revelation! No one needs this much clothes. Or this many books. Hence, I have given/am giving bunches away. I hesitate to say that no one needs this much yarn, because you can NEVER have enough yarn, right? Well…in my case, yes. Sadly, you CAN have too much yarn. So once again, I have sold/given/am giving lots (BIG lots) away. And cripes, great, I just read that Sheri at The Loopy Ewe is updating tonight. Blast!!! Noooooo! I must resist. Must. Will! Shall!

(Even after I widdled down the yarn stash, I’ve organized it all into two clear plastic tubs. And they’re both positively filled with yarn, each of them. I think each tub is 20 gallons, but I’m not sure. That’s enough yarn, I say! Enough! Do not buy more!!! [Talking to myself here...yeah])

That’s enough packing for today, though. I did some last evening, got a second wind of energy when I really should have gone to bed around 11 PM, and watched the first two discs of Lost, Season 1. I’ve had these from Netflix for a couple weeks but just got around to watching them and now I am totally addicted. For real. I watched discs 1 and 2 back to back…that’s, what, 6 hours?? And if you’re following the math part of this, yes…I didn’t go to sleep till 5 AM this morning. That would have been fine if I had the luxury of sleeping in this morning, but no, I had an appointment and so my alarm woke me at 8. So I’ve been operating on only 3 hours of sleep today. If I start typing nonsensical phrases or just random characters, you know it’s sleep deprivation/delirium and possibly hallucinations…

(I am now going to lie down and watch MORE Lost, Season 1, until I konk out and fall asleep, probably.)

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