i began clearing out the place today. took me several hours in the afternoon and you really can’t see that i did much.  but i loaded half a dozen trashbags full of donations into the car, and a carpet, and three big boxes of trash out to the curb.  it’s going to take me more than the two weeks i have to get this place cleaned up, though.  i need to go through everthing, in a way i haven’t ever done, not even when i moved here.  i need to get all the junk out and find places for the stuff i want to keep.

i don’t have enough closet for my boots.  several expensive things have been ruined by insect damage, an anatolian carpet with moth, etc.  the front door almost gone through with termite.  those are expensive losses, but hey, that whole decade is down the drain.  i’ll be paying for it until i die or go bankrupt, whichever comes first, and what will i do with all the books???  don’t think about it, just keep clearing.

phew.