FLASHBACK september 2009

"we're movin' on up...to the east side...to a deluxe apartment in the sky..."
i am moving in with jamie. we load up the mini cooper and the expedition and off we go. finding places for all my things is easy. jamie doesn't have anything. oh, he has furniture. he has a couple tv's. he has a ps3. but his apartment is empty. there are no pictures on the walls. there are no knick knacks sitting around. within a few days, the apartment looks like a home. there are family pictures everywhere. you can't see the tops of shelves for all the things I love. the things i think JAMIE should love.
FLASH FORWARD june 2011
now we are being moved to the carolina's. people come in and pack all of our things. it's nice to have someone else do the work. i highly recommend it. but, now, i also highly recommend not having things. things are so unnecessary. things have to wrapped. things have to boxed. things have to be shipped. things have to be unboxed. things have to be unwrapped. ugh.
within 3 days of delivery, i have been like a child at christmas. eagerly unwrapping everything we own and finding it's new spot. the house looks like we've always lived here. i love my things. i LOVE my things.
FLASH FORWARD today
the packers are here. we are being sent back to cincinnati. i sit at my computer and watch as people carefully wrap each plate. each cup. each thing we own. i can think of only one thing: THINGS ARE SO UNNECESSARY!

             

 

and we have to take down all the hidden birds