Picking up the pace

So, the moving is still going slowly, but it's almost done. As I write this post, I am sitting in our new "suite" in my in-laws basement. Vincente is napping in his bed (with new Spongebob sheets from Grandma), and Russ is napping on our bed behind me. Our townhouse is still full of food and I think I forgot to pack the entire downstairs half bath, but most of the things we want are out are safely stored in a dingy little storage unit about five minutes from where we're living now. Speaking of a storage unit, we rented an 8'x10' because we thought we would need it, but it turns out that we are packing pro's and we only fill it up about 2/3 of the way! Of course, the only large things we are storing are the washer and dryer. We brought the couches with us for Russ' folks to use in their basement while they look around for new couches for upstairs. And everything else we got rid of. It was a very liberating feeling to get rid of so much stuff! I am going to start saving for nice furniture for when we move to our new place in California. It takes so much effort to make sure you don't accumulate STUFF!

I hate stuff, by the way. I like to live on the basics, you know? Too much extra stuff and you get bogged down. And you have to figure out where to PUT everything! The only thing I believe you can never have to much of is books. I love having books, I love reading books, I love that my one year old son loves books! It's so important. It expands your mind. You get smarter by reading books. I sure hope Vince loves books as much as his Pai and I do. But boy are they heavy! Packing books isn't so bad, they pack really well into boxes, but carrying them is another story entirely!

So that's our story for now. Moved in. Cleaning after the weekend. Then school starts again. I'm actually pretty excited. Combinatorics and Java. What could be better?