Paulas blogg

I've packed many times in my life. I've moved around quite a bit. Already as a child I packed my bag for my weekend visits at my dad's. I like the process of packing. It can be really different situations and amounts of stuff but the idea is the same. Take with you what you need, leave the rest, if you have a place to leave it, or trash it.

Packing for a weekend stay is easy. With experience I've learned what I need. My supplies are; toothbrush, shampoo, balsam, nightgown, underwear, diary, bubblegum, some clothes, a brush, wallet, cellphone, handkerchiefs and so on. At places I visit often like at my dad's and my boyfriend's place I already got many of the things I need, If not all of them. So I don't need to pack that much on those occasions.

Then again, when we are talking about moving with all your things, the packing gets more complicated. I usually start early, many moths before I'm moving if possible, with going through the stuff that has piled up during my stay at the place. I'm actually doing that right now. Trying to figure out what stuff to store at my dad's place (memories and such), what stuff to trash, and which of it I really need, and then packing it.

The thing is, I only have one month of actual classes left in my curriculum. Then it's just practical training and my final project left. And those I'm gonna do at Imatra, so I can be with my darling. That is of course why I'm packing.

I've discovered huge amounts of squared notebooks, make up I never use, a messy wardrobe, a pair of shoes I've never used, worship Cd's, old poems I've written, tons of cards I've received, Books I read in my teens and don't know what to do with now, old posters (some of them used as gift wrap this Christmas), candles, bags and many other things.

I don't know what to do with most of the stuff to be honest. There's just too much of it. Especially for my boyfriends one-room-apartment. Oh well. I should probably sell some of it. Just don't know who needs this kind of stuff. I could also just give it to charity or sell it at a flea-market. And some of it, the things that have sentimental value, I'll stash here at my dad's. Sounds pretty reasonable.

So what will I take with my as I move? A desk, my sewing machine and supplies, most of my clothes, shoes, accessories, diaries, some science magazines, some fashion magazines, sketches, my dance-pad, my globe-lamp, an armchair, a wooden chair, a high stool, kitchen-supplies and things like that. It feels weird. To have my things spread across southern Finland. Tammisaari-Liljendal-Imatra. Figure that out. Luckily school's over soon. I'm pretty done with Ekenäs. A nice place but I prefer moving around. I usually get bored with staying still for too long.

I feel like my life is shifting direction again. It does that a lot. I'm stepping into the unknown, putting my trust on love, life and myself. I'm not really sure what I'll do next. Get a job? Study more? Just become a menace to society? I don't know but we'll find out soon enough. ;)

Anyways, writing again was good. Been a little pause there. Didn't even write diary almost at all during Christmas break. So, as you can see, I have a lot bottled up.

Hope you're all having the time of your lives. HUGS!

Skrivet av Paula, 2009-01-06 03:04