I have been out of commission blog-wise these past few weeks. My Chinese intensive got, well, intensive. Each day of class is equivalent to a week’s worth of material, so you can imagine the potential for panic.
Moreover, I am moving in about two weeks. Which means the usual mania of throwing things out, debating whether to keep useless keepsakes or not (first college tshirt, ratty and unwearable…and yet…should it go out?), and swearing once more never to accumulate quite so much STUFF. I would say that I’ve made a pretty hefty contribution to Goodwill in the past week.
Still, I am still worried about how to safely move tons of books and heavyish kitchen wares, without injuring my back (and Mr. P’s as well). Why must I have so many books?! Blargh.
I noticed also that my stack o’books is beginning to get unmanageably large. The stack o’ books does not consist of “fun” reading; they are books that I should read for my oral exams/prospectus bibliography. How do I manage this? I have been toying with the idea of an excel spreadsheet so I always know where each book is, and can easily alphabetize authors, etc. Or does anyone out there use Endnote to do the same thing?
Chaos, chaos, chaos. I’m a bit frazzled.
I don’t know about you but I am willing to do anything for my rapidly-growing collection of heavy books. Then again, mine is still manageable, after all. Kitchen wares, too. One can never have too many heavy-ish kitchen wares, in my opinion.
Comment by Coconuts — August 12, 2008 @ 7:12 pm |
Last time I moved I packed up my boxes in many many little boxes and moved them one by one. Incredibly tedious, yet somewhat back-saving.
Don’t know whether this will meet your stack o’books needs, but: http://www.librarything.com/
Good luck with the Chinese and the moving!! Let me know if you need some more hands.
Comment by lisa — August 12, 2008 @ 8:54 pm |
I totally get the “OMG why do I have so much STUFF?!” feeling. While I was at home in Colorado, I cleaned out my childhood closet. Many, many books went to the library’s book sale donations pile. Many, many college notebooks were finally recycled. I spent many, many moments wondering, “Why on earth did I save THIS?”
My advice: pack heavy things in small boxes. You’ll make more trips, but it will be easier on the ol’ back.
Comment by Lindy — August 13, 2008 @ 7:15 am |