thoughts on packing

I hate packing. Like, never returning to a place packing. I've only had to do it once in my memory -- when we moved out of our house in Bay Village after my parents got divorced. I have NO idea how I did it. I do remember though that it was something similar to what I am doing now -- procrastinating.

I think the biggest problem I have with packing this time around is the situation in which I find myself. My mom's lease on our current apartment is up at the end of June, and she has decided to move closer to her work. I was not given any say in this decision (this was even before finding out that I was moving to Arizona).

So here I find myself with three weeks left in Ohio having to pack. Some friends are coming on Tuesday to help move boxes and little things, and then a moving truck comes on Wednesday to move furniture and other assorted large items.

All last week mom had been packing. And apparently when mom is packing, I'm packing too. I would come home from a long day at work, sweaty and smelling of molten plastic, and just wanted to read, or veg out. I needed some "me" time, since I had been around people all day.

No sooner would I sit down to check my email and read blogs, and mom would chime in, "Kerrie! do you want to keep this? how about that? blah blah blah." @#$%! MOM! I don't want to pack now! I would then find myself coming home and taking ridiculously long showers (she can't get to me in the bathroom yet...) and then heading off to Target, or the library or some other place to avoid her.

My plan of attack is as follows: pack the things I will need in the next 3 weeks into boxes and suitcases separately than the things I won't need until I get settled into Arizona. It's proving to be a good plan of attack.

I'm also throwing a bunch of stuff away. Papers, clothes, shoes, old bottles of hair spray with like .5 inches left (what!?!?!)! I'll also be keeping some things here in Ohio that I still want to hang on to, but won't need out there (old pictures, trophies, yearbooks, etc.)

Also, in the midst of all of this fun packing business I have to write a talk for tomorrow for church. It's on obedience. (thank heavens it isn't on preparedness or procrastination or something...but maybe it should have been..). Also, 4 of us are going to see the new John Cusack movie 1408 tonight. Scary movie, plus hot guy...I'm there! It looks as though I'll be up pretty late tonight...sigh.