New Beginnings
Okay so Alice – you are spot on! – admitting you have a problem is a new beginning. I, Rachel Dangermond, am a hoarder!
And today, I started early packing, schlepping, cleaning and letting go of stuff. And I’ll be damn if by 8 pm I was not done moving – and here is what I accomplished:
1) copious small boxes and bags were moved to the new apartment and now are spread like invasive foliage throughout the jungle apt.
2) I came to terms with my hoarding self and decided when I move again I will have a reverse house warming – I will place stuff on a table and have everyone take something instead of bring something.
3) I found Blacky a new home!!! – I talked my mover guy into taking her – his daughter fell in love with the cat – and I gave him $100 plus a month’s worth of food!
4) Bam Bam was found! – He has been at my neighbor’s who didn’t have my cell and her message got lost in my landline during the switch over from LaLa to Grand Route.
5) I’m spending my first night at the apartment – yay.
6) Here was the view as I was unloading – a completely different view from the muted hues of sunlight bouncing off the houses – now I am seeing the blazing glory of the setting sun – lovely!
7) As I drove over to my new apartment the crescent moon was hanging and smiling in the ink blue sky.
It’s all going to be okay.
February 18th, 2013 at 12:27 pm
“Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.” Those aren’t my words but those of Anna Quinlan, I think from her new book LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE. (Have you seen it? I just downloaded it from our library.) Anyhow, I’m plenty immersed in the beginnings of your “new book.” I know it will be successful.
February 19th, 2013 at 10:07 pm
I just want to rise about that muddling feeling, Alice and soar a little when the opportunity presents itself. That Hemingway, we all live lives of quiet desperation, just gives me pause and I think that maybe it’s because I seek some highs that gives in turn lows and so the middle isn’t where I’m aiming – perhaps I should though – to keep off the roller coaster. Hemingway also said, “The world breaks everyone and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” A better quote for sure.