Memories

These are my last few nights in my summer dorm room, because on Friday night, I move to Gaston and get ready for the school year. I'm packing up all my junk into boxes, bags, suitcases, laundry baskets, and whatever else will hold something long enough to get it over to my new room. I'm sure all the bending and picking up is good for my abs. At least, it better be. Because my stomach is actually sore.

It's shocking to pack your stuff. I'm always surprised by how much I have accumulated and also, by how much I find that I have lost. Earrings are especially tricky and only like to come out of hiding at this point of clearing things out. I've found the missing half of 3 pairs already.

It's like memories. They accumulate without our realizing, a lot of them get lost and forgotten, we have trouble finding enough space to remember them by, and by going through them we often find little favorite memories that had slipped between the cracks (although I don't think that remembering ever helped someone work out their abs. I could be wrong though). All of the sudden I have the urge to sing "Cherish the Moment". Whew. The urge passed. But seriously, life is so...full! I love it and it's really disappointing to realize that I will never be able to remember it all. But hey, at least I remember a lot of it... and friends and family are always around to help me make new memories!

Oh. I still have lots left to do and not enough time to do it in. I have to finish packing!