We spent the weekend buried in boxes, going through our life. It's amazing how much stuff we've kept all these years. It's amazing how much stuff we threw away! I think we filled the two dumpsters in back of our house until they overflowed. Seb wouldn't allow me to do the dumpster runs because he knows I'll change my mind and come back with stuff.
We mostly got rid of magazines and old paperwork. I think Seb has kept nearly all of his studies since he was in 6éme. And since he studied engineering for almost eight years he had about six boxes of notes and binders full of mathematical formulas (booooring!). I was glad to see some of that go. I can't say anything because I'd kept all my teaching materials over the years and that added up to about four big boxes. Neither of us were willing to completely empty all our boxes but I bet we threw away at least two boxes of papers each. I never really enjoyed teaching business english so I had no problem tossing a box load of that mess.
I'm not really sure what else we threw away but it was impressive and it felt good. We condensed the books into about 20 boxes which was a feat in itself. Half of the books will stay in a storage unit here and the other half will go with us. I had to sit there all day Saturday and muse over piles-- "do I take this or not?" while trying to be as ruthless as possible. It wasn't easy and I found myself leafing through lots of great books I'd completely forgotten about. I can't wait until we get unpacked so I can dig in and read them!
The next part of the packing process involves the clothes. I have to sort through all the baby clothes and get rid of a lot of things. Since we know that the baby is a girl I have to hold everything up, squint and say "hmm would a girl wear this?" Basically if it has a truck or fire engine on it it will get sent off to the pile. That probably includes ninety percent of the baby clothes.
The last thing I have to pack are the Cd's. This is tough because we recently acquired a 200 CD jukebox and I got the brilliant idea to store all the CD jewel cases downstairs. In my enthusiasm I didn't sort it all out very well. It's a giant mess. And guess who doesn't own a CD jukebox anymore? I have a very full afternoon ahead of me here real soon.
7 comments:
I've been spending an embarrassing amount of time the last few days, reading back through your archives... I just wanted to say Thanks! I enjoy this blog. And congratulations on the new baby and have fun in Mexico et tout et tout!
Thanks Joy. I hope I've kept you entertained!
Packing sucks. Good luck with it! :)
Will you be in Annecy anytime soon?
Aw but girls love trucks and fire engines...mine does anyway ;)
Good luck with all the packing. If I win the lottery then I'd do what my parents did and get a company to do the packing for me, thn I'd go on holiday and come home to the new house!
Emily I'm not sure if I'll be coming to Annecy before we go. There's so much to do these next few weeks :(
Jemma we actually do have a moving company who will pack for us but I have to divide it all myself and the best way to do that is to go ahead and make boxes.
You're having a girl?! That's great! I'm really happy for you and your little family. =o)
Girls can pull off some little boys clothing quite well. My little one has clothes with baseballs and footballs on it. Heck, she's even got Lille Football outfits!
Best of luck with the move!
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