Early-August was a blur of freecycling, recycling and dumping all of our excess and we are still shocked by how much STUFF we acquired - most of which we did not NEED. Now there's a word that deserves clearer definition these days! On July 10th the movers drove up with our container and packed what we decided to bring to Helsinki. The lead mover was engineering everything into a tight fit into the container while it was being wrapped up in the house - ingenious. The worst of it was August 13th when we had to finally clear out the rest of the house. I guess the years of my being home alone all week and producing minimal garbage in Dexter balance out the giant mound we left behind as we finally drove off to spend the last night in the US for a while with my mom, sweat-soaked and exhausted. We made a late emergency extra duffle run to Target to redistribute our excess baggage into weights human beings could manage, at least those handlers accustomed to it, and after a nice night with my family, we got to the airport and checked all 7(!) bags in and made our way to our flight in plenty of time. We still didn't feel that gush of relief on having gotten everything accomplished since it was such an ordeal. I'm not sure I do yet over a week later now. But we couldn't have done any of this without everyone's help, so thanks again!
Consider yourselves warned - attics, closets, basements and garages hold far more than you think, if you dare to contemplate their potential.
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