This story really starts over a year ago when we were packing for the move to New Mexico. Our house in Colorado Springs sold in 6 days after we showed it (Thank you, Lisa!), instead of 6 months, which we were expecting. As a result, packing happened very fast. Boxes were everywhere and Sarah and I were still packing when the movers arrived to start loading.
We had a contract on our house in Las Cruces but we were moving at the end of May and the closing on the house was set for the end of June. We would be in a rental house for all of June. So we planned to take some critical things with us in the van and everything else would go to the movers to be stored until we were moved in to our permanent home.
That plan worked perfectly except for one box. This box had various useful papers related to projects I was working on and my binder of software CDs. It was to go with us so I would have it right away when we arrived. It was in my office and I thought it was marked and set aside from all of the stacks of boxes there. Somehow the movers loaded it with everything else. I noticed it was gone quite a while later, past hope of retrieving it.
Since the overall remodeling included tiling almost all of the floors in the house, all of the boxes that did not need to be in a temperature controlled area went to the garage. So it was there somewhere amongst all the stacks of boxes. I decided it was finally time to find it, especially since I needed to load software onto a new computer. Cindy also wanted to get the rest of the kitchen stuff, clothing and bedding unpacked and we needed to find a computer monitor for the guest computer.
Three weeks ago, I started my pass of the boxes. Most of the boxes got labeled with what room they came from but not much more. I really had to open each one and decide whether it was something to bring in for Cindy to unpack or for me to check to see if it was THE box. I didn’t do anything the weekend of May 20th since I was in Santa Fe but I started back up as soon as I got back. By last weekend, I had made it through every box in the garage and had several boxes to check. Yesterday, I found that THE box was indeed among the ones I had brought in.
It may seem silly, but finding that box and getting the new computer fully set up is one more step towards feeling like we are starting to get settled. Of course, Cindy’s efforts on the kitchen and clothing haven’t hurt either as various treasures and missed items have surfaced.
We are also making some progress in the purge that didn’t happen before the move. Some things have gone to the local Freecycle Network™ group and yesterday we took six boxes of clothing and bedding to La Casa, the local shelter for battered women.
Hooray for empty boxes!
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