Paper trail

Greetings movers and other people who occasionally rearrange

I am in the process of moving to a new residence. I know you are thinking, "Why are you putting yourself through that torture?" Sometimes, I just might agree with you. The time that I would agree most is when I am packing.
Packing is hard work. You have to go through everything you own and put in another box. Every time I pack to move, I think to myself I am not going to accumulate any more items. However, a short time later I am having to more things around.
One good thing about moving is you do get a chance to throw things out. I tend to be a pack rat. Not that I want the things laying around, but I just place things down and never touch them again. I was going through some things last night and found greeting cards sent to me from three years ago. Don't get excited...most were from my mom.
Fortunately, I have only had to move a few times. One from my parents' home to college, from college back home, then back to school for master's work. During my post graduate work I found three times. Then I moved to be close to work. Now I am moving for what should be permanent. I am purchasing a house with my future wife.
A sad thing about packing and moving is that I have boxes that I packed and that I have not looked at since I moved. The bright side is that I do not need to repack them. The bad side is that I will probably end up dragging them around again. These boxes are full of papers, that I will probably never need. However...just kidding.