moving in, &other thoughts

let me start by saying, it is sooo nice to have a room of my own again. :)

it kind of sucks that i have to figure out what to do with my furniture & extra crap now that i don't have a full apartment anymore--but isn't that the best part? i have always lamented the fact that i just have so much STUFF. and i can blame it on mom &dad's hoarding genes or whatever, but i am still the one who ends up having to deal with the emotional weight of owning so much more than necessary at the end of the day. so i'm glad that molly is taking the living room furniture, and the other stuff--well, i'm going to donate or sell books i haven't read in a while, and i'm going to get rid of as many nicknacks as i can without feeling guilty (most were gifts). also, i've been hanging onto a lot of "practical" things like 90% used bottles of shampoo, hair care, etc., and i think i'll have to put a limit on how much i'm going to keep, then chuck the rest.

i feel so much lighter already, just writing about it. oh! (speaking of which,) yesterday i organized all my files--which means that at this moment, i know the exact location of every single important piece of paper i own. it's incredible.

it's just, i've always wanted to be the kind of person who can pack at a moment's notice &fly to morocco or brazil or iceland for a week or a month, and never worry about the stuff i brought with me or the stuff i left behind. i don't want the baggage (haha, both literally &figuratively).

okay, i think i should try sleeping again. sigh.. new place, new rhythm. it's so odd.
goodnight. xoxo, j.