Is July the new black?

Apparently July turned into the month for moving. I know so many people, myself included, that are moving right now. Last night at a dinner party for my sister (who just got a teaching job, YIPPEE) I had the fun pleasure of explaining why I had a car full of moving blankets and a few boxes (thanks Ansley) about 10 times.

The conversation often went like this:

"Why do you have all the blankets in your car?" "No, I am not sleeping in my car, but I am moving and they are moving blankets." "Where are you moving to?" "I don't know yet." "Huh?" "Well, my stuff is going into a storage unit and for the month of August my aunt and uncle are graciously letting me live in their downstairs while I try and decide where I want to live." Why are you moving out now then if you don't know where your moving to?" (This is the question I don't understand as much as sometimes I want to get a smidge sarcastic with my response) "Well, my lease expired at the end of July and to stay longer would require I sign another full year lease which I am not, nor are any of my roommates, interested in doing."

So I am using Ruthie as a bit of an inspiration and getting rid of a bunch of stuff. I realized I have accumulated a bunch of stuff because I had plenty of space and a lot of storage. This is stopping. I am tossing a bunch of stuff and it feels great!

I don't have to be out of my place until the end of this week, but I have all my furniture save the mattress and a few smaller items left. I will probably have a few more posts relating to moving, so just hang in there.