Starting to pack up . . .
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theladysnarkydame I have . . . so many books.
I've gotten rid of A LOT of them over the last year or so, since we've been planning this move (at least in the abstract) ever since Chad and I got serious. But I've been packing them up in preparation of getting rid of a few bookshelves, and dude. So many left! So many left that I WANT TO KEEP.
I have resolved to take just one box of books with us when we move -- we're trying to fit everything in a largish minivan, so that we don't have to rent a U-haul. One box of my very favorite, "I'll read these within a month or two of moving", "I've gotta have these" books. All the rest of the books that I can't bear to part with . . . will sit, in boxes, at my parents' house, until I send for them.
My folks agreed to hold on to them, and ship them out a box or two at a time -- media mail is pretty cheap, comparatively. I figure, a box a month after we're settled. If the first apartment is short term, at least the next move will be within the same state. Moving books will be simpler then.
When I discussed this with my parents, I expected to leave them 7 or 8 boxes. I've packed 6 so far, and there will probably be at least another 6. I'm getting to the point where I have to tell myself -- "you don't need to bring ALL your CJ Cherryh books. Just bring a few! you'll get the rest back soon enough! Don't bring the Jim Butcher books! You probably won't reread those AT LEAST until summer (but they're SIGNED my bookbrain wails). Put the Patricia A McKillip DOWN. ALL THE MANGA CAN WAIT. THAT CALVIN & HOBBES SET IS TOO BIG. And I just. *cries*
Choosing one box's worth may be an impossible task.
I've gotten rid of A LOT of them over the last year or so, since we've been planning this move (at least in the abstract) ever since Chad and I got serious. But I've been packing them up in preparation of getting rid of a few bookshelves, and dude. So many left! So many left that I WANT TO KEEP.
I have resolved to take just one box of books with us when we move -- we're trying to fit everything in a largish minivan, so that we don't have to rent a U-haul. One box of my very favorite, "I'll read these within a month or two of moving", "I've gotta have these" books. All the rest of the books that I can't bear to part with . . . will sit, in boxes, at my parents' house, until I send for them.
My folks agreed to hold on to them, and ship them out a box or two at a time -- media mail is pretty cheap, comparatively. I figure, a box a month after we're settled. If the first apartment is short term, at least the next move will be within the same state. Moving books will be simpler then.
When I discussed this with my parents, I expected to leave them 7 or 8 boxes. I've packed 6 so far, and there will probably be at least another 6. I'm getting to the point where I have to tell myself -- "you don't need to bring ALL your CJ Cherryh books. Just bring a few! you'll get the rest back soon enough! Don't bring the Jim Butcher books! You probably won't reread those AT LEAST until summer (but they're SIGNED my bookbrain wails). Put the Patricia A McKillip DOWN. ALL THE MANGA CAN WAIT. THAT CALVIN & HOBBES SET IS TOO BIG. And I just. *cries*
Choosing one box's worth may be an impossible task.
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Date: 2016-01-02 01:08 am (UTC)Chad laughs at me. He's moved around nearly as often as you have! he pretty much needs his music gear and his computer at this point. But I've only lived in two homes for the last 30 years! I don't know how not to nest. >:(