Finally Friday

Finally! I count each day, Monday - Thursday, when the alarm clock goes off, reminding myself how many days are left until Friday. I'm always happiest on Thursday when I know I'm one day away!

This morning I got up early with Gerald since he had to be to work at 6. I thought I'd use the extra hour to continue going thru boxes of old papers, billing statements, etc. The company that my work uses to shred confidential papers is having a "free shred day" for the public tomorrow and this is the perfect opportunity for me to get rid of a half-dozen boxes or so of crap that I've been keeping for some unknown reason. (I mean really? Am I ever going to need a statement from the propane company we used 6 years ago?!) I finished up with the papers and loaded them in my truck (I'm at 6 file boxes now) and brought a couple totes up from the basement that contain old cards, letters, wrapping paper that at one time must have meant something to me, and memorabilia from various events that I may or may not remember. The goal is to go thru those things as well and take 95% of them to be shredded. The other 5% will most likely be cards from Gerald and those I will continue to keep.

I'm working really hard to down-size, organize, eliminate clutter, and just generally clean out my house (and life). I don't need most of the things I keep and need to work hard at detaching emotions to inanimate objects. This has been harder for me than I initially thought it would be but it's getting easier as I force myself to do it. Already this morning I set aside to keep a program from a Cirque du Soleil show Gerald and I went to in San Francisco (it was beyond fantastic) in 2007; however, on my drive to work I thought about it (and some other things I set aside to keep) and realized there's no real point to keeping it. I remember what I remember about the show and having a program shoved in a box somewhere isn't going help me remember it better!

I don't know what my point is really, except to confirm to myself that I am working on it, am making progress, and will continue to work on it.

Happy Friday.