Friday, November 29, 2013

Still eating the elephant...

I am making headway in my preparation for surgery.  I have been cleaning and sorting and throwing out and rearranging the stuff in the house.  I needed to do an un-clutter, at least of the floor, so I can get around with a walker or a cane without tripping over stuff.

It was a daunting task.  I had (and still have) 20 years of things that I brought up from the Maryland house.  For quite a while, it was everywhere.  I am down to the last few boxes in the back of the truck and in the garage.  I will go through them one at a time from now on until they are all done.

But since scheduling the surgery, I have been working very hard to get rid of the clutter.  I am not completely done.  I still have things in piles, but they are smaller and you can see large areas of floor and the doors open so you can go outside both front and back.  I am working now to be company clean.

Brian will be arriving on the 21st, and chances are I may not be getting home too much before that.  So I am trying to get things as ready as I can for the holidays.  That way, when I come limping home, I will not have to do anything more than welcome Brian home.

So, while the elephant is not as big, I am still doing a bite at a time.  I would recommend the one bite at a time routine.  You do not have the overwhelming feeling of drowning.  And the progress, even though slow, makes one feel like a success!

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