Boxes. Boxes and More Boxes

With the countdown down to 7 days untill family arrives, 10 days untill Graduation and 11 till the cars are gassed up for my last road trip down the 101 to move back home, I started packing. I have about 10 boxes done including items such as: Kitchen items, toiletries, random books, old assignments, a million and one slides and 4x5 film from the first year at brooks and of course a million and one pictures. I discovered I was a pack rat.. I have a MILLION things I remember buying saying to myself at the time "I need this" or "Ill use this" but no.. never touched it.. good thing the bulk of it was either dollar bin finds at target or random nicknack's from our golf land and arcade ticket winnings. Lying in my bed, at this very moment, I look around my room and it looks untouched.. sad isnt it. I haven't even touched my closet.. im afraid to go in there. I know there is a million and one things that I haven't worn in the entire time I have been here at school, but once again will pack it in the keep box instead of into the one labeled with pink duct tape SELL!! You would think that living in such a small space would limit your spending and what you own, but no, it didn't stop me. I found pom poms, sequence handbags, every possible selling item from Bath and Body works, binders and page dividers, sleeves and a shelves worth of paper from Calumet. I always though I had run out of paper and ran out in a frantic to buy more... instead of checking under the couch or on the side of my dresser, I would not only spend more money on gas, but on another box of $50 paper, that a week from now I would also think was lost.

Even with all the stress of packing, making sure you've got it all, I have actually enjoyed it all. All the assignments I crammed up in the corner of my closet so I could get the horrible memory out of my head forever, was a BLAST to scan through again and realize all I have accomplished. It feels good to graduate.. it feels productive to pack.. it even feels more amazing to know Ill be back in San Jose in just a little over a week!!