It's 10:30 p.m.
I've been home from Dad's birthday party for about an hour and a half. I'd say we're now 90% packed, with the other 10% being easily accomplished and contained.
The biggest challenge for tomorrow will be simply to get our furniture moved.
I'm feeling pretty good about this.
Wound up a bit.
Exhausted a lot.
But feeling okay about it.
And with that, I'm off to finish packing my bedroom, and then perhaps take a very quick shower before heading for bed.
Praying for a deep and restful sleep tonight.
Like I said, posting will likely be a bit scarce around here. I've got a few posts scheduled for the weekend, and if I get a chance to grab internet access somewhere, I'll add an update or two, but if not, look for that on Monday!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Friday, End of Day
This day has felt interminable.
It's our slowest season right now, and the workload today reflected that.
It didn't help that my mind is a thousand other places, focusing on everything that must be accomplished in the next 24 hours.
I think there's about half an hour left in the work day. Half an hour that needs to be filled.
And then, on into the crazyness the weekend promises to hold.
Like I said this morning, the panic (for the moment at least - please keep praying!) seems to have receded, and in it's place is the simple awareness of the many, many things that need to be accomplished in a short span of time, and the desire for those things to go smoothly, without too many hitches, thus allowing my stress level to slowly begin to recede.
I'll see you on the flip side!
It's our slowest season right now, and the workload today reflected that.
It didn't help that my mind is a thousand other places, focusing on everything that must be accomplished in the next 24 hours.
I think there's about half an hour left in the work day. Half an hour that needs to be filled.
And then, on into the crazyness the weekend promises to hold.
Like I said this morning, the panic (for the moment at least - please keep praying!) seems to have receded, and in it's place is the simple awareness of the many, many things that need to be accomplished in a short span of time, and the desire for those things to go smoothly, without too many hitches, thus allowing my stress level to slowly begin to recede.
I'll see you on the flip side!
Purging
We moved another large load of belongings last night.
I'd read this blog post earlier in the day, and, in combination with things I was already thinking about, as I moved items from the basement of our current home, to the living room of our new home, I stared at the piles of belongings and made a decision. I informed my roommate that I was going to unpack a bit more slowly this time, and really go through the things in the boxes.
I'm feeling a need to purge. To simplify. To create space and newness.
There are things I've rarely used, and I think I'm ready to let some of them go finally. Some of them have moved twice or three times with me, and hardly been touched in between the moves.
There are things that are old friends. Books and such like. Those won't be purged, but will be handled lovingly. The many, many "reminder" stones that have rested on my various shelves won't be purged either, but carefully displayed in a way that they do indeed serve their purposes.
But there are definitely other things that can go.
Because of the health problems I've had this year, I've lost a significant amount of weight. I want badly to go through my closet and purge the items I rarely wear, or the items that just don't quite fit. L and I talked yesterday about considering the questions (for those items that are perhaps slightly too large now) "would I wear this if it fit?" or "do I love this?" If the answer is yes, then I'll keep the item, and possibly even see if I can get it altered. If the answer is no, it's going to the thrift store for someone else to enjoy.
There are clothes, too, that I've kept for a specific purpose. "I wear that camping." Let's talk about the fact that I haven't been camping in at least five years. Or that I generally hate camping - it wouldn't be my idea of a good time. Or that I have absolutely no plans to be anywhere that will require me to sleep on the ground in a tent anytime in the next year either. I think that "camping" clothing can probably go.
I think it likely that for a while, our living room will have piles for the garbage, for recycling, and for transport to goodwill.
My bedroom is probably 90% packed.
When I get home tonight, before heading over to my parents' house for my dad's birthday celebrations, the plan is to pack an overnight bag. This is key to my survival for the next few days. There are a few items (some medications, a piece of jewelry I wear almost daily, and value highly, my journal, Nellie the bear, and others) that I absolutely must be able to locate tomorrow night to be comfortable and to rest in our new home.
After the birthday party, we need to pack our kitchen. Friends and family will start arriving to help us move the last boxes and belongings around 9:30 tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that the moving of belongings will be done by around 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, giving me several hours to do some basic unpacking and settling in before I head out to church.
The blog will likely be quite a bit quieter than normal until after July 1st. Once we've moved, I won't have internet access in my house until late in the day on the 1st. I may try to schedule some posts to go up on the days when I won't have access, but it all depends on how busy my day today is. I may also be paying visits to Starbucks in the evenings once or twice, to access email and so forth there.
Thankfully, I managed to sleep for several hours last night, relatively peacefully. I'm not feeling the panic I was feeling about all of this earlier in the week, just the pressing knowledge of much to do. And I really can't explain just how much of a relief that that shift is. Thank you to those who've been praying this week. It's helping.
And now, on into the day...
I'd read this blog post earlier in the day, and, in combination with things I was already thinking about, as I moved items from the basement of our current home, to the living room of our new home, I stared at the piles of belongings and made a decision. I informed my roommate that I was going to unpack a bit more slowly this time, and really go through the things in the boxes.
I'm feeling a need to purge. To simplify. To create space and newness.
There are things I've rarely used, and I think I'm ready to let some of them go finally. Some of them have moved twice or three times with me, and hardly been touched in between the moves.
There are things that are old friends. Books and such like. Those won't be purged, but will be handled lovingly. The many, many "reminder" stones that have rested on my various shelves won't be purged either, but carefully displayed in a way that they do indeed serve their purposes.
But there are definitely other things that can go.
Because of the health problems I've had this year, I've lost a significant amount of weight. I want badly to go through my closet and purge the items I rarely wear, or the items that just don't quite fit. L and I talked yesterday about considering the questions (for those items that are perhaps slightly too large now) "would I wear this if it fit?" or "do I love this?" If the answer is yes, then I'll keep the item, and possibly even see if I can get it altered. If the answer is no, it's going to the thrift store for someone else to enjoy.
There are clothes, too, that I've kept for a specific purpose. "I wear that camping." Let's talk about the fact that I haven't been camping in at least five years. Or that I generally hate camping - it wouldn't be my idea of a good time. Or that I have absolutely no plans to be anywhere that will require me to sleep on the ground in a tent anytime in the next year either. I think that "camping" clothing can probably go.
I think it likely that for a while, our living room will have piles for the garbage, for recycling, and for transport to goodwill.
My bedroom is probably 90% packed.
When I get home tonight, before heading over to my parents' house for my dad's birthday celebrations, the plan is to pack an overnight bag. This is key to my survival for the next few days. There are a few items (some medications, a piece of jewelry I wear almost daily, and value highly, my journal, Nellie the bear, and others) that I absolutely must be able to locate tomorrow night to be comfortable and to rest in our new home.
After the birthday party, we need to pack our kitchen. Friends and family will start arriving to help us move the last boxes and belongings around 9:30 tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that the moving of belongings will be done by around 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, giving me several hours to do some basic unpacking and settling in before I head out to church.
The blog will likely be quite a bit quieter than normal until after July 1st. Once we've moved, I won't have internet access in my house until late in the day on the 1st. I may try to schedule some posts to go up on the days when I won't have access, but it all depends on how busy my day today is. I may also be paying visits to Starbucks in the evenings once or twice, to access email and so forth there.
Thankfully, I managed to sleep for several hours last night, relatively peacefully. I'm not feeling the panic I was feeling about all of this earlier in the week, just the pressing knowledge of much to do. And I really can't explain just how much of a relief that that shift is. Thank you to those who've been praying this week. It's helping.
And now, on into the day...
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