My family is heading up to Virginia next weekend, to help me and Andrew begin moving our things into our new home (!), and my organized self decided to start packing today. What is the easiest thing to pack up? Books! I have a couple hundred books, double-stacked on three shelves, one shelf entirely dedicated to children's liteature. Everyone knows: I love books.
The problem? I love books. In the last hour, I have packed up my shelf of children's books, and stood, staring, at each of the other book shelves in my room. At each book I picked up to begin packing, I paused, thinking. What if I want to read this book? What if Lindsay wants to read it while she's here? What if I need it? So, I put it back on the shelf. J.K. Rowling, Hopkins, Eudora Welty, Annie Dillard, Brian Jacques, Kate DeCamillo, John Steinback... still sitting there, no closer to Virginia. Because I might need them.
Good grief.
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Can I please have this room? I'll never move again.
I have the same problem!
ReplyDelete(And I want that room too.)
I completely understand this. The only anxiety I ever have about moving (and I've done it several times) is my books - the order I pack them in, when I pack them, etc. However, what an EXCITING place they are moving to!
ReplyDeletefor a second i thought that picture WAS your room...and i was getting jealous ;) Good luck on packing!
ReplyDeleteMaybe Abbeville will let you use her library while you pack up yours.
ReplyDeleteBooks are such good things.