CONFESSION TIME

[st_aurafina]

WE HAVE TOO MANY BOOKS

I wish I had the guts to admit this before we lilacsigil packed SIXTY BOXES of them.



IN CONCLUSION MOVING SUCKS BIG TIME AND I THINK WE SHOULD ABANDON ALL MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND LIVE IN STERILE PODS.

Comments

[lilacsigil]

I packed those books and carried them across town uphill both ways in the snow! You don't get to complain now!

[lark_ascends]

It just means that you need a library, ala Beauty and the Beast library.

[lonelywalker]

THIS IS WHY WE NEED TRANSPORTERS

Do you think the X-Men get Nightcrawler to help them every time they move? The downside would be your couch smelling of sulphur.

[senmut]

Books!!!! (Or, the funny thing that happens when bibliophiles converge)

[dejla]

Yeah, been there, done that. Much sympathy pointed your way.

It's amazing how much stuff I don't have when I finish packing. But the garbagemen aren't too happy...

[whatistigerbalm]

Neverrr. Never too many books! If this is true, shipping crates of them from Croatia to England when I moved was in vain!

[retsuko]

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT WE WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM COME MOVING TIME! ;)

[torachan]

Wow, sixty boxes! That is kind of a lot. XD

[thirdblindmouse]

Holy shit. Have you considered uploading your brains into the metaverse and living without a corporeal reality? It might be a better idea than moving.

[muccamukk]

SO MANY BOOKS! Nenya I haven't gotten that far, but early days yet.

Oh, got your comics. Thank you!

[wendelah1]

That is a lot of books. I can't imagine how you managed them. The lifting alone...

As a hypothetical, I asked my spouse if we had to move now, how many boxes of books he thought we'd pack up.

His answer: 200.

This is why we will never move.

And that doesn't count the offsite storage unit.

[realpestilence]

I'm currently packing "things I don't need every day" in case I get a transfer. So far, I've cleared out 3 bookcases and half my hall closet, along with the numerous boxes in the walk-in closet. I'd feel triumphant, if it weren't for the 9 boxes of books already packed, the remaining 2 bookcases, the rest of the hall closet, and the stuff in the car. And this assumes I'll be able to resist hitting the thrift stores and using that amazon gift card I got for Christmas!

I do understand your dilemma. Books are wonderful, until you have to move, and then it's all wth was I thinking?!

[vass]

60 boxes. That's... *counts on fingers* a metric fucktonne.

Sterile pods like these?

[mixofsun]

Heh, I somewhat despair at the thought of ever having to move again because I'm in a similar situation in regards to the sheer amount of books I own. And I've been sorting through them, hahaha. How do people do austere living? ^_~ But, yay, you got all of them taken care of (and can always go through them again later)! ^_^