packing

So, as predicted, I have been packing. Which is really kind of boring, and not very interesting to write about. One point of interest, though: I thought that I would be able to fit most (if not all) of my books into maybe 5 banker's boxes.

Well, I packed those 5 boxes, and this is what the main bookshelf looked like:


I may have underestimated the size of my library a little. Granted, a lot of those 5 initial boxes had books which were not on this shelf (which is really only about a quarter of the entire collection), but I still thought I would make much more of a dent.

(Yes, there is yarn up on that shelf. I have been filling the top third of the bankers' boxes with yarn, because it's light and fluffy; if I fully packed every box with books, the boxes will break. Ask me how I know.)

I'm up to 12 boxes now, and it's starting to look a little sparser. Not empty, mind. Just sparse. I think another 5 will do it. Or possibly 10.

Meanwhile, the apartment has become a complete maze of boxes, both empty and packed.


I can't believe I'm going to have to live like this for another month or so. The cats are loving it, though.


Weirdos.

So I think, in about three weeks, this blog is going to turn into a renovation blog. It'll be fun. You'll see. There's gonna be demolition involved. I'm hyperventilating thinking about it already.