Boxes are like rabbits.  They multiply & multiply & multiply.  For every box I unpack, I swear five move reappear in that same location in the time it takes me to walk to my doorway, break the box down and stack it.  Each room is *mostly* unpacked.  But several of the remaining boxes are full of random things that are going to really force me to think about where to put it, do I really want it, etc.  Ugh.  I love unpacking the boxes that are easy to do like clothes & dishes.  Plus, I’m feeling a bit annoyed that we didn’t look harder for a 3-bedroom.  I’d really like to have that third bedroom for an office, someplace to do crafts & for a little extra in-house storage (v. our storage closet off the patio).  If I had a 3rd bedroom, I think I could get the rest of the boxes out of the living room.  Most of the downstairs is put back together but since I still have many boxes sitting around, it doesn’t *look* settled.  And I can’t really relax b/c the boxes are always in my sight.

On the up side, I’m doing REALLY well getting rid of stuff!  After eight months of living with very little, I’m able to look at things with a more objective eye.  I have gotten rid of more than 160 pounds of stuff already!!  I need to find my notes from our April non-move so I can see how much stuff we got rid of then.  And that wouldn’t include the massive amount of stuff we purged in the last moments before the packers came.  I’m really proud of us for being able to let go since that isn’t in our nature.

And in the midst of unpacking, Elizabeth has come down with yet another cold.  And my body is having a tug-of-war trying to decide if it’ll get sick or not.  How many more days until Saturday??!  Jim has been in the field for two weeks, so I haven’t had him to help me destress on the phone each  night.  But Saturday he is home for more than TWO WEEKS!!  Yahooo!

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