Relative Something

It is another weekend, and I am not visiting our new farm or driving to the lake. I am working at the day-job on a Saturday, again. I am not home, sorting my things, packing the keepers and giving away the rest. I am earning the wage that will help pay our new mortgage, so I guess I’m contributing in that way. It doesn’t feel the same.

Not that I really want to pack. It is a necessary evil. But it feels like the right thing to be doing. Pretty much everything else is done. I need to do some research to investigate the service providers we will want to have, but the real tangible task lying before us is, packing things into boxes. Each day that passes, in which I don’t pack, is lost. I see it as, “pay me now, or pay me later.” I prefer to pay in advance.

Even though I am not packing, there is still progress being made. Much of the credit goes to Cyndie, but I am lending moral support toward her efforts. Last night we hosted dinner for our next-door neighbors. Of course, that meant more opportunity to give away books. But, Cyndie didn’t stop there. Oh, no. There were four little girls attending, and they were prime targets for a wide range of items that were recently discovered in the depths of our storage spaces. There were some toys, puzzles, and miscellaneous kid-friendly stuff, but most importantly, there were dolls.

It is a wonderful treat to see the things we have stored for years, now being brought back to life, in the faces of people on the receiving end. They are helping us greatly by agreeing to take what we don’t intend to keep. It is a mutually beneficial transaction, for sure. The excitement of young girls was icing on the cake for us, last night.

It was great to spend the time with the neighbors. Unfortunately, in the routine of our usual daily lives, we make little more than passing contact. Now that we are moving, there was reason to make extra effort for a get-together. Seems silly to have waited until we are moving, to give them this additional level of attention.

Makes me think we should put in similar energy, much sooner, to meet and greet our new neighbors after we settle into our new place.