Packing makes it real...
The physical act of packing boxes this weekend was the first thing in the buying a house process that has actually made it seem real. I hate packing, moving and unpacking. I hate the whole moving process, but this time its different. This time I’m not moving because I’m getting divorced and can’t afford the place my ex and I shared on my own. This time I’m not moving because the owner of the house I’m renting decided to move back in. No, this time I’m moving because I’m buying a house of my very own.

I have to tell you the tedious chore of packing boxes this time felt sublime. Every box I pack gets me a little bit closer to owning my own home. A little bit closer to the most adorable house I will live in since moving out of my parents house many years ago.

I seriously can’t wait.

Don’t get me wrong, I still don’t like packing and moving. It’s just that moving is a happy event this time around.

I thought I would start with something easy for my first official day of packing, my office. Books are easy to pack, right? The books were easy to pack, but I had forgotten about the filing I’ve let pile up and the large pile of receipts that needed to be shredded. Two days, ten boxes of books and three trash bags of shredded paper later everything worth keeping has been filed and put away. I should really be more organized and not let things pile up! All I have left to pack in my office is a few office supplies, small electronics and my computers.

The mountains of paperwork that seemed daunting at first became a steady beat of motion as I rocked out to George Michael (I do love my gay pop stars!) and kept the shredder going non stop. Out with the old and in with new experiences! I chanted as George Michael sang Freedom!

My next packing challenge is my DVD collection. I wonder how many, is too many DVDs?

Labels: buying a house, filing, Freedom, George Michael, Keep moving forward, moving, office, packing, paperwork, receipts, shredding

  posted by Matildakay at 10:40 AM 1 comments