Posted by fallsfall on July 9, 2004, at 7:17:44
In reply to Re: Dear Diary July 8, part 2, posted by Ilene on July 8, 2004, at 21:06:49
Irene,
I'm glad that you have landed. I'm glad your kitties made it too.
Ah, boxes and boxes and boxes... One box at a time. Then collapse the box and figure out how you are going to dispose of the paper. I think that a pile of collapsed boxes in the middle of the living room sounds like a good idea. You can see the progress by watching the pile get bigger.
Reward yourself for every box emptied (and sometimes that might mean that you purposefully choose the box with only 2 things in it so that you can get to the reward sooner). Ice cream, chocolate, a computer game, 10 minutes of undivided cat attention, a walk, babble, a chapter of a book. If you can do more than one box at a time, you can "collect" your reward points and redeem them for something bigger (like you do at the impossible game booths at the fair, you can trade 5 small prizes for one bigger one) - like dinner out (I really like real Chinese food, and I used to waitress at a Vietnamese restaurant - can I come to visit you? I'll take you out for dinner).
You sound glad to be there - am I hearing that right? Does it give you some relief even among the boxes? Find your local library, get a library card and look for this book in the picture book section: "Moving Day" I read it to my kids when we were moving (OK, there aren't too many words, you have to make your own up). I called it "The Tobi Book" because the little girl doesn't have a name in the story - so I named her Tobi (and Tobi Tobias is the author). I found it very comforting.
Wow! You really made it there!
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