Unpacking

So it's been nearly a week here in the U.P.

I'm still unpacking a bit-- mostly finding room for the random things at the moment. And realizing how many random 'things' there are.

It's interesting, going through the boxes and totes, to realize how much of the stuff I've been carrying with me are memorabilia from the past. (and how much of it is straight up junk)

My dad is selling his old house so all of the games and holiday decorations and pictures are now piled up in the basement storage.

Combine that with the inevitable edition of kids toys, photo albums, MORE decorations, and other childhood memories that will eventually be moved out of my stepdad's home (as he is now married and retired and the house is nearly out of space despite only two people living there) ....and I am beginning to see what a lifetime looks like by material standards.

But that isn't really what I meant to talk about.