I am not easily overwhelmed, but at that moment, I was. A couple glasses of wine soon adjusted my attitude however, and we rethought everything the next day.
One of the biggest things we learned this past few months is, you really don’t need a lot of stuff. So, we are plowing our way through the junk, and putting it up for sale. This has not been, nor will it ever be, an easy task. Some stuff is valuable, emotionally anyway, some is useful, and some is just “stuff”.
So here we are trying to get as much done as we can before we leave again the end of October. I have some new ideas for beadwork projects, and Al is trying to think about the future of sculpting and were he is going with it all. (It’s hard to get inspired in such an uninspiring place however.) That and dejunking all at the same time, too much to do.
It has been nice to restock and better organize my beads and leather though. Al has been fixing stuff in the trailer, and finishing up some projects he was working on. Seeing our family has of course been nice, and shopping at Walmart and not paying an arm and a leg for groceries is fantastic!
So, I think we’ll make it until it’s time to go again. A little attitude adjustment is all we need.
you are resilient and a survivor and you will be fine! The end of October is just a few weeks away. I’m with you though, I would HATE the heat!
I am sorry about having to give up things that you have an emotional attachment to. Maybe save those for last?
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Your’e right its hard to come in for a landing. I heard if you haven’t used it in six months let go of it. You know after all these years of raising my children. They remember the trips not the stuff. They remember the camping, fishing and traveling to Mesa Verde and other wonderful adventures we took them on. Our two grand daughters Aubrey and Mia wanted to go to Disneyland for years it’s been their dream. This year we went and you know they really didn’t care for it. When Mike and I hiked to Timp Caves the first year we came to Utah; I said to the tour guide,” Its just like Disneyland” The tour guy said, ” Yes but its real” Your new life adventure is real and exciting but their will surely be pebbles in the road. We have tons of stuff.and it all belongs to our grown children. They have no place for it. I’m going to give them a time limit on it. Use it or lose it. The stuff I keep is the emotional stuff. My grandma’s dishes, photos, quilts, and the old handmade furniture , Art and antiques that have been in the family. The rest is stuff I could part with easy. Remember the best is yet to come.
Is it just me or does it seem that stuff multiplies when you aren’t looking? At least that is how it always seems to me when I look at me stuff. Best of luck clearing it out.