(Moving) Truck Drivin' Man

Despite Craigslisting/Freecycling/Goodwilling/landfilling about a third of our possessions (including a car, TV, VCR (yes, we're Luddites), couch, washer/dryer, and precious Star Wars/Star Trek toys (Wicket was getting exhausted from all of the moving)), we still managed to fill a 16' moving truck (!!!).

Even though it would be somewhat entertaining to have me drive the truck, we felt that it would give Alan a minor heart attack, so he begged to drive it instead. Many people know that it's been his lifelong ambition to be a truck driver.

I got to drive up in Alan's lil' race car instead and did a wonderful job not crashing it.

I still can't believe we had so much... stuff! I cursed each time I hauled yet another box up and down stairs. I like to think that I can still pull off a DIY move and that we really don't have a whole lot, but perhaps we've still managed to acquire way too much junk to do this? While piling our belongings into self storage, we realized that the bulk of our belongings fell into one of the following categories:

• Outdoors gear (Can't really get rid of this)
• Computers (Many of these can be easily turned into virtual machines, so no more carrying physical machines that aren't laptops!) and their associated accessories
• Books (Many of these can be referenced electronically/online, so no more carrying dead trees! Love Safari Books Online and Trails.com!)

Perhaps our next move can be a less stressful one once we've gotten rid of the myriad computers and books. Inflatable furniture also sounds appealing.

We've been hanging out with my parents in Sacramento and have a medium-length to-do list before we leave the country for a while. We will be celebrating the Chinese/Lunar New Year at The Pasty Shack. Alan has been waiting for this for a while. 

Happy New Year!