As I anticipate selling the park and moving on, I thought I would feel more nostalgic than I do. I suppose this means I am ready to go. I was out weeding this morning, I should maybe have been packing? Anyway, I was content to put a garden bed that was neglected back to right. I do enjoy gardening and will no doubt continue to keep up with it until the day we pull out.
Speaking of that, I am overwhelmed as I look at the amazing amount of things we have acquired during the past 18 years. How are we going to move it all? We can live in the RV easily, as it is quite spacious and even has a washer/dryer. But what do I do with all this stuff? Maybe I should just get my girls to help. Adrienne is organized and Jill has not an ounce of sentimentality. Jill would quickly dispose of most of this stuff via the dumpster with nary a twang of regret and Adrienne would have everything boxed up with utmost efficiency. I would probably struggle with angst over every item.
I will just have to channel my girls and get tossing! I would absolutely rather be in the garden!
In the meantime, it is Friday on a holiday weekend. I have a mere hour left until I have to man the desk and begin the day. The has been ringing since 8am. Robo calls do not take a day off and campers informing me of their pending arrival times. I do not need to know when you are arriving, nor do I care. It is raining and I expect cancellations galore. I managed to mow my dogs' yard and didn't get too wet. It is predicted rain all day and all day tomorrow.
This rain means that some campers will come and stay the entire weekend and then ask for compensation for the rainy days. A tiny Judge Judy will be sitting upon my shoulder as I tell them you can't eat the steak, then get your money back because you didn't like it. And like the litigants on the show, half of them will be confused.
I have a light heart knowing that tomorrow afternoon my daughter will be here!!
7 comments:
I guess they think you have a weather machine that you program to spoil their stay!
and so the park in on the market? had any interest since you are already contemplating what to pack and what to get rid of?
It is so hard we accumulate so much. I just went through a move that was more downsizing than I thought. I should have just thrown out more stuff. Enlisting those who don't have sentimental attachment is the way to go if they will do it. At first everything had sentimental attachment to me. I remember when I got it or who gave it to me. Some of the attachment is ridiculous and it does get easier. But now I am sitting in a house with too many boxes and not enough places. I need to get much better at this because I will need to down size again in a couple of years. The truth is I feel better when I have fewer things to be responsible for so why is this so hard?
You are so powerful, you can control the weather...............yeah......NO
You stay to complain, you pay double.
Sort out exactly what you want to keep, keeping in mind the amount of space in the RV, and set those things aside. Then call in your daughters, point to what's left and let them at it while you tend your garden. Or you could sit back and watch them, that might be interesting. You might even get another blog post from it.
Accumulation, how I understand. I shift things from room to room and wonder WHY I even keep it. At least your girls will be here soon and you will be laughing at memories and planning your future and tossing. Maybe have a yard sale for your campers.
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