Good Evening! Good Morning!
Well, after about three hours of sorting...
To my friend's consignment store: 60+ plush animals (teddy bears, monkeys, Beanie Babies, Micky's, Minnie's, etc.), a Charlie the Tuna novelty phone (I have no idea where I picked that up), and old, portable inkjet printer, two CD players, some coffee table art books, etc., etc., etc.
Set aside for Goodwill: Clothes! Sweaters, sweatshirts, shorts, pants, etc., etc., etc. -I'm amazed I actually kept some of these clothes during my last "sort and purge" - about 90% of them were already too big for me by then. -And three boxes of books from a "library" that I "inherited" from someone else.
In the trash: Some clothes, some old papers, some paperback books that are falling apart, etc., etc., etc.
So... It was kind of cathartic going through all that stuff. Many things were easy to let go, but I did come across some things that I had to think about for a second or two. And, yes, I did end up keeping some things. But they all fit into one medium-sized plastic crate.
Alas, there are at least 10 file boxes of "stuff" - old receipts, old programs, papers, pictures, knick-knacks, etc., etc., etc. And, yes, I should have gone through those boxes while I was down here at the end of last year, but... I can't get upset about it. I'm thinking I'm going to leave a couple of boxes down here, and take care of them at some later date. But I'm also thinking I should just go ahead and load everything onto the truck on Tuesday, take it all up to New York, and have it take up floor and shelf space in my room. I just need to be reminded about all of it. Everyday. And since it's all been "out of sight, out of mind" for the past two, three years... I need to actually do something about it. Now. And I really don't need anything else "keeping" me in Richmond or Fairfax. Especially if it's a just a box of junk papers.
-And, yes, I do have more "boxes of stuff" in my storage unit in Richmond, so...
