Our Life In A Box - Take Two

Just taking a quick breather from work to update on the Our-Life-In-A-Box saga.

Also, in case I overly concerned you with the details of my fragile emotional state on Monday, there have been no tears in almost 48 hours. I think I'm on the mend. I had an epiphany shortly after arriving at the office this morning (a total DUH moment) that left me excited and even giddy about finishing my DC Modernism project. In fact, I was so excited that I made Jesse leave his office to come on a walk so I could explain the new organizational "thematic" approach to my study. Yes, I'm a giant dork who is excited by structure. Luckily, I have a very understanding husband who thinks my dorkitude is endearing. He also hates his job, so a walk around the block (after only arriving at his desk 45 minutes earlier) didn't seem all that outlandish.

Anyway, on the home front, it's been just over a month since we first taped up the apartment in preparation for the great westward migration. In that time we've started to clear out some stuff and I am proud to say that we have managed to move, shift, and mail an entire shelf worth of books. Can you spot the changes? The system still isn't quite perfected. There are still odd little piles of books here and there just waiting for their fate (most likely a charity of some sort).

And we now have a few moving boxes and packing paper, courtesy of a nice couple from Dallas that we found on Craigslist. Remember that lovely stretch of swamp weather we had last week? Jesse and I were the two fools carting the dish packs and a box load of paper all the way from the Calvert Street Bridge (almost a half mile each way). However, we survived and can now get started on gradually packing our stuff over the next couple of weekends.

Next steps? Putting a price tag on the miscellaneous furniture that will need to find a new home before we leave. By July, we hope to have our entire apartment labeled with post-it notes that depict our "ideal" price, but really, I think we'll just be happy if we don't have to lug the stuff out of the building ourselves.