Our house is in complete
disarray as we pack to move. Boxes and boxes of cook books, plus more boxes of
stuff. Just stuff, everywhere. Yesterday I went through a bunch of drawers. I was sifting
through what we would be selling at our yard sale, which is scheduled for next
Saturday. The same day Hurricane/Tropical Storm Danny is predicted to arrive.
It's been difficult. For example, I came across a jar in one drawer.
"Mark, what is
this?"
"Oh, that's my
jar."
"What's in it?"
"Rocks."
"Okay, so I can throw it
away, right?"
"No! Those rocks used to
be on a necklace that I wore. I'm taking them with me."
They were just rocks. Not
fancy rocks, not even pretty rocks, just gray rocks barely larger than the
pebbles in your driveway. I immediately thought of the movie, The Long, Long, Trailer.
"Okay Lucy, I'll pack
them away with the rest of the rocks."
Mark didn't get it.
This is my problem. If I do
the right thing and ask Mark about what to do with each thing I come across, I
end up with way more crap to move than if I just dumped it all in the garbage
while he was out. Unfortunately, Mark doesn't go out drinking nearly as much as
he used to. Otherwise I'd have this place cleared out in no time.
I side with Mark on this one. My bottom dresser drawer has been a specimen display for rocks, minerals and fossils since I was 7.
ReplyDeleteMy dresser bottom dresser drawer, under old socks with limp elastic, is a collection place for condoms that expired in the last millennium, and dog and cat fur from pets that have long been deceased. This big move to Chicago is a great way to clean all that crap out.
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