A.... or B?

We are amidst the personal hell that is packing and are T-minus one week until we are no longer New Yorkers but oddly fashionable backwoods Massachusetters. Lots has happened since my last blog. I am no longer employed (by choice) and am confused by unemployment. Am I supposed to wake up as if I am going somewhere? I can't seem to pull off tricking myself into waking up any earlier than 11. Beep-Beep-Beep- Oh no I'm gonna be la-- waaaait a minute! Ahhhh you almost got me, alarm clock!

Now my daily routine has gone from coffee and a bagel with endless hours of staring at a computer screen workin for the man to canned food and dry cereal staring at the new mess that is our apartment. Boxes left and right, empty, packed, nothing seems to be done but everything seems in the midst of some incomplete state. From my very organized desk at the theater to just a constant sense of chaos. Some order needed instating.

Zane and I have devised a plan that at first seemed logical, even helpful, but has become a question of social standing and guesstimating. We are only temporarily moving to the lakehouse and then off to Northampton/Amherst after a few months so we know this isn't a permanent situation. No use in packing, unpacking, then packing all over again. So we are labeling boxes according to use. A is immediate use. B for not going to need all summer.

My life is now the equivalent of an unsexy Cosmo quiz. I am answering more B's while Zane is leaning toward A's. When we arrive to MA we will have enough electronics and games to entertain all the armed forces. Mind you, most everything here is mine from the last 2 years being at this apartment. But I found it comical that on Day 1 we packed up the entertainment bookcase and all our DVDs. I packed mine into a box and he into his own (I don't want mine to get boy movie cooties). When we both finished we proudly looked at our first 4 packed boxes and smiled. Then I saw his were labeled A while I, the martyr I am, thought it was more of a B thing. Looks like it'll be a summer of Fight Club, Rock N Rolla, and When Harry Met Sally. What? It's Zane... come on.

We have plenty more to do over the next week and will be joined Monday night by my mom to help gather the last of it. Our sendoff party was a week ago at the Beer Garden and it was a blast. We're hoping to organize a cookout the weekend after we move in for all the friends and family up in the MA area. Stay tuned!