When I get back, I have 9 days to get everything packed and the it's storage day! Yikes!
That said: I have made some progress. I had my Drink My Wine party on Friday, and a good time was had by all (it ended up being about 11 people). Several people expressed interest in several items, though just one has followed through.
Still, on Sunday I talked to a couple of my neighbors and I will probably be getting rid of my entire entertainment center (bookshelves, mantle thing, actual entertainment center) by way of her, and the sofa table. AND Janaki is probably going to take my dining room table and chairs, and two sofa pieces. That's a good start.
Oh! And, at the conclusion of the party I sent about 3 dozen books home with people and many bottles of wine. I'm down to 4 unopened and 1 open, as well as the hard liquor.
Items that still need to go:
- the chest
- the cabinet things in the dining room
- that damn chair
- the glider-rocker
- the recliner
- possibly the blue sofa, depending on Janaki
- The Books. This'll be the hardest, but I'll make it through.
I also effectively committed to continuing to losing weight: I donated my coat and am keeping the coat I used to wear. Ulp.
I was going to start packing last night, but I didn't. I'll start tonight, with the goal of having all the knick-knacks packed before I go and the books either boxed for keeping or binned for donating. Speaking of donating, I brought 8 cubes of stuff, mainly clothes, to Goodwill yesterday. It was roughly 100 degrees out, which is a taste of what Greece will be. Thankfully I won't be running stairs and carrying boxes there! Well. Not carrying boxes, anyway, probably there will be stairs.
Also before Wed evening I'll be baking the turkey and packaging the meat, so I'll have plenty of food in the freezer when I get back. I doubt I'll make soup, but I'll survive.
Macy's is having a suit sale. I feel like I'd be a fool to not buy it now ... but I don't know for sure what size to buy. It's stressful.
I'm really going to enjoy not obsessing about this for two weeks.
That said, things I don't need to think about anymore:
The apartment being shown: my landlady showed the apartment twice on Saturday, and one of them took it. Now I just need to worry about putting my check in the mailbox early and it not being cashed early.
Insurance and where I'm going to live: I've confirmed my dorm room (I'll have a roommate! For the first time since 1997!!), and it occurred to me this weekend that probably the insurance confirmation had gone to my spam-box. Checked it this morning and, yes, it did and yes, I'm insured starting Aug 1.
48: departure
46: last day
21: days off
19: days of work
2: days to Greece
46: last day
21: days off
19: days of work
2: days to Greece
