We had a bunch of showings when the house went ‘live’ but the initial offer stayed in play and we are now under contract. We’re actively trying to find a rental now since we will need to be out of here absolutely no later than June 1st. Lots of stuff to take care of in the next few weeks, too. 

Since we are downsizing our lives to ‘a suitcase and a backpack each’ we need to deal with 40 years accumulation of random possessions. The boys have been over and picked up stuff they want and we hired an estate sale company to come in next weekend and handle the majority of it. 

There are a few things of special sentimental value we’ll be hanging onto so we picked up a couple of 27 gallon totes yesterday. Number one son already agreed to store them for us until we eventually settle somewhere. With full understanding that it could be 2 years or 10 before that happens. 

So. Much. Stuff.

Over 40 years of traveling I have spent literal thousands of dollars on mementos and reminders that appear to have never actually meant anything or reminded me of anything because it was stored away in boxes. Now we have to deal with it. I have never owned a Harley but I had collected 26 HD shotglasses from dealerships around the country (not a thing they do internationally, it seems. I always look but I’ve only found t-shirts. That’s another troubling collection). Most of those shotglasses were in a box and wrapped in newspaper from Aug 2006. I think if I haven’t even seen a thing in almost 17 years it must not have been that important to me.