i leave at 7am tomorrow morning, and aside from a few stray things around my room – a box to pack for storage, a bag of clothes to donate, my rug, rolled up and ready to be thrown out – my room consists of a mattress in one corner and a giant duffel in the other.
at first, i thought to throw my bed away. i’m 6′ tall and 26 years old, and i’ve had that bed since i was 3, but my dad made it, and something about throwing it away just isn’t right, so we put it into storage along with a massive 1970s or ’80s era wall-unit (complete with built-in tape deck) and a whole bunch of boxes.
packing a duffel for a 3 month long road trip and moving from the house i grew up in (i think i’ve grown up) reminds me of how much stuff we accumulate as maybeoneday. at the same time though, am i overdoing it with how much i throw out? i think i’ve been pretty good about keeping some random trinkets like report cards (edward is a pleasure to have in class, but has trouble concentrating on one task and finishing assignments or edward is conscientious and creative, but needs to work on focusing and handing in assignments on time repeated on almost every single one), photos, and other stuff i might enjoy looking at one day, but i’m sure there’s probably way too much junk in those boxes.
I like that you claim you are 6″ tall and 26 years old. That makes you the modern day Thom Thumb.
haha, thanks Scott. I fixed it
being 6″ tall would have made the whole driving bit VERY difficult… unless maybe I was in a mini mini