Walking in circles

Sometimes when I am packing and get to a certain point, I feel like I am just walking in circles.  Yesterday felt like that.  My goal was to pack up the dresser, dust it off and put it up on craigslist.  I managed to do that.  However, I felt like I spent most of yesterday walking from the bedroom to various parts of the house.  I would find little odd things that didn't belong in my bedroom and off I would go to put them where they did belong.  It felt much like "piddly packing."  There is very little grunt work to do at this point.  Most of what needs to be packed needs to be sorted and prepared for storage rather than packed to go.  I still need to go through all the linens and towels and see what is going and what is being donated to charity.  I have a hallway of boxes of books that also need to be sorted into "books I can't live without" (or think I can't) which include my first copy of Little Women, books from my childhood and books from my children's younger days.  I also need to go through my old craft room and see what needs to be done in that area.So much stuff I just want to wiggle my nose and have it all simply disappear as though it never existed.

I have to work today, but then have the next three days off.  I think I am going to concentrate on those three areas on those days and start in on some cleaning.  So let's call Monday Linens Day.  Tuesday will be Book Day.  And Wednesday will be Old Hobby Room day.  We will have to wait to see how those days truly turn out.  Hopefully I won't get distracted.  And hopefully I won't feel like I have to keep everything I see.  That's the thing about releasing objects.  At one point there was a reason I wanted those things.  I "needed" that three cup spinny thing.  I couldn't live without the miniature vampire figurine (it is just so adorable).  I made things that I've tacked to the walls.  Most of those things have been untouched in the past year.  In a full year I have not made use of those things once.  That doesn't sound too much like a need to me.  Nor have I lost any sleep over those items.

The good news is that the things I have listed on craigslist are starting to get some attention.  I had one lady come to look at the piano, but she wasn't impressed because it needed tuning.  Uh, it's going to need tuning after you move it.  That's the way with pianos.  I've also been contacted about the dresser (already) and hopefully that will leave the house with a little bit of cash in my pocket.  That will help once we get to Ohio as we aren't planning on taking much furniture with us.  Also, moving is always expensive.  Even if someone is helping with the moving expenses, there are always going to be expenses such as hotel nights, food on the road, portable potty boxes for the cats and all the things one needs on the other end such as shower curtains, brooms, dustpans, mops, and cleaning supplies seeing as I do not believe you should ever take the dirt from one house to a new house. 

Meanwhile the walking in circles continues.