Home Stretch

Things got a bit hectic, but I am now living in a furniture-less house, devoid of most appliances, belongings and - most annoyingly - chairs. I'm sleeping on my camp mattress in my room with just my clock radio to wake me up three times for these last days of school. There are camping things around waiting to be packed into the car and the kitchen is still functional but that's about it. Oh, the TV is still there as it is going to Melbourne next week.

I'm thoroughly sick of dealing with STUFF though. Everything individual thing in my house had to be picked up and decided upon - bin, garage sale, give away, Vinnies, take in car, put in box.... - I had a moment the other day while throwing things in the skip of sheer hatred for all these things, possessions I don't even remember deciding to get - many things I never bought and just inherited when others couldn't work out what to do with them. The wasted time, expense and effort of buying these things is mindblowing and I'm determined to have a minimalist lifestyle in which if something is not reguarly used or admired it goes. If someone gives me something that I don't want I will just thank them and then get rid of it, knowing that the thought was there somewhere.

Currently I'm waiting at school for the boyfriend to bring the last of the furniture - a couch and two sofa chairs - here for the Year 12 common room, and then that will be it. Oh no, actually I have to ring Vinnies again to get them to come and get the wardrobe that was left behind on the last pickup. THEN I will be done with stuff. Or at least until I have to get rid of all the excess plates, glasses and pots and pans in the kitchen. THEN I'll be done. Then I'll be gone too.

Hooray.