Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Ice packs are for wimps

Wow--I forgot how to sign in again: sure signs of blog-neglect.

This week I have dug out the years of my life, read literally, years layer-upon-layer in my drawers and either trashed them or moved them or updated their formats. Happy Birthday week to me.

Guess when a gal turns 30, she needs make room to live some more...

  • took every floppy disk I had (dated 1995-2003) and moved them file-by-file onto my jump drive
  • saved and said goodbye to correspondence that I'd "saved" (hoarded) in the top drawer
  • held onto my U of M blue paw sticker stash
  • found several rolls of film and marveled...just sat there and marveled
  • gagged at the hard-as-jade Twizzlers I found--unwrapped!
  • pulled out a giant Bible after about 20 minutes of removing what was on top of it (oh the depths of this desk!)
  • smiled at the emergency blanket that Apryl gave me for graduation; I saved it and then I saved it
  • I found 2 tennis bracelets--one ruby and one sapphire (what the heck?!)

So, now there's a new desk, and some new space. As usual, the pumice stone of letting go of stuff, even mementos, reminds me that I'm dust. What I possess and hold onto is dust. And a lot of it is also dusty. Dusty dust.

And I broke my middle toe this morning.