Well I got an enthusiastic response to my inquiry letter, so that was pretty encouraging. Now we'll just see if I get the same positive response to my actual articles...
In order to cull said articles I went back to the blog I was keeping when I first started surfing. Which basically means I read through all of 2006 and most of 2007. Fascinating (and often eye-rolling) stuff, I tell you. I will say this- I am a much more consistently happy person now than I was then, which is a relief. (Nathan says he'd like to take credit for that. I'm willing to cede him some, I think.) Also, I may have to submit some articles about my Adventures in Dating, 'cos man, I have some funny stories...
I'm taking a "sick" day today (with permission from my boss) to start tackling the Packing portion of this move. I've been at it about two hours now (off and on) and all I can think is, "Why do we have so many darn books?" Argh! And this is after purging what was it- three boxes? Four? ::sigh:: I guess really I'd feel less crabby if I could find some smaller boxes (for free, I mean) so that when they are packed full of books I'm not in danger of slipping a disc from picking one up. As it is I sort of fill a box half way, and then desperately hunt around for lighter-weight items (extra sets of sheets, hoodies, etc) to take up the remaining space.
Back to work.... (or maybe to grill a sammich and then back to work...)
If you need someone to watch over your books for a while until you have the sufficient library space just let me know. We'd be willing to bring a box or two back on our next visit to the 'ham.
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