OK - just under 48 hours until I (finally!) get moved! We have had to put this off for 3 weeks due to the last 3 Saturdays' deluges. The weather is supposed to be perfect this coming Saturday. And I have an incredibly gracious (and patient) group of friends who will be doing lots of the heavy lifting - and there's lots of crucial lighter lifting that will be happening, too.
Some quick back story: I moved in with my mom just over four years ago, to help her after some surgery, and eventually became her full-time caregiver, as she dealt with several chronic, debilitating conditions involving her heart and lungs. She was 82. She transitioned from this life in August, at age 86, and my brother and I decided that the best thing was to sell her house and property as soon as we could, as it is much too large for me to deal with, and he lives in another town an hour-and-a-half away. I have my own place that a friend has been renting for the last two years. She is moving out of my place and I am moving back in this Saturday.
George Carlin has a perfect rift on "Stuff," which has been reverberating through my head as I have dealing with my own Stuff throughout this entire process.
My thoughts aren't nearly as funny as his, but I have made these observations:
The interesting thing has been how long it's taken me to cull out my own stuff, and at the same time go through the other stuff (in some cases, DECADES of accumulated stuff!), and decide what needs to stay (for the estate sale), and what needs to be kept - for records or just for memories. It seemed (before I got started) to be a much easier proposition to only have to get my own stuff ready to be moved out, and not have to pack up the entire houseful. Boy, was I wrong! It's been a true learning experience, that's for sure! So grateful for the support and help of my brother Jim Pharis through it all!
OK - so T minus 46 hours and counting! See y'all again sometime on the other side of Saturday. 'Til then, I'm goin' dark on most of my social media! (Eventually, however, there WILL be pictures!)
Have a good weekend, everyone!
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