Yeah. That’s because we’re buried under mounds of STUFF. It’s 4:30a (again) and I have been at it for 18 hours now, and I’ve got another probably 18 hours ahead of me tomorrow, just sorting, piling, trashing. How is this possible!? I have been purging and clearing for MONTHS now!!! My goal though, I have decided, is to leave here with almost NOTHING to return to – and KEEP IT THAT WAY.

Tomorrow, Mom (who arrived yesterday) and I are taking bins all over creation to try to get *some * travel fundage for all my worldly possessions; but barring success…they are then going to the Goodwill and I am NOT looking back. I don’t even care. I don’t even care anymore! I just want it gone! I just want to have my backpack, one backpack, to have to think about or worry about. And in that backpack, I just want things that you know, I really don’t care if they get stolen. I mean, I’ll care, but not…CARE. I am so ready and so excited to be beyond these chains to my things. I didn’t think I had such chains. Now that I’m faced with NO storage options at all, I realize how much I am.

Not for long! And then….oh good lord we’ve got only 8 days left before departure.