Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Growing old and feeling it!

In my adult life, I have moved 22 times and have moved all my furniture and belongings each time using the old U-haul. I suppose my total set of belongings never exceeded the size of a truck and I've gotten very good at purging and packing through the years. For some reason, my mom can't seem to part with stuff. I counted 78 boxes after I had already unpacked several boxes! My body had to move most of the boxes and had to get my brother to come help move a few that I just couldn't pick up. My body is sore and I'm feeling my age. I'm still trying to recover from the weekend - I not only moved my mother, I then came home and rearranged my house from having her here for seven months and painted one room too! My garage is beautiful now and my hubby is happily able to work out again.

1 comment:

LaurenRMoore said...

Congrats on successfully moving your mother! Stuff is the worst... Our society tells us that "stuff" will make us happy, but I don't buy it. Having too much material crap in my life only makes me feel chained down... it is the opposite of joy and liberated - I often just feel enslaved by the things I own.

as Fight Club says, the things you own end up owning you...