Confessions of a couch sleeper

My stuff finally arrived today and I couldn't be more ecstatic about it since this marks the first time in over a week that I will be sleeping on a bed and not a couch (or the floor, as I first started out this little bedless adventure). Once the guys emptied all of the boxes leaving a massive pile of all of my worldly belongings on my bare mattress, I began to sift through them to put them away. The funny thing about unpacking is it can also serve as an exercise in self discovery.

A few things I discovered about myself...

1) I own far more pairs of shoes than any sane person should. I understand this may be a blasphemous statement as a woman, but sometimes you gotta call a spade a spade. 43 pairs. I counted. I also acknowledge the irony that most days I alternate between my two favorite pairs of flip flops. All of the shoes wouldn't even fit in my closet. I had to set up a shoe rack outside of my closet in my room to hold some of them.

2) I have a touch of OCD. Even as I was trying to make my way through the massive pile of clothes that was keeping me from my mattress, when I hung them up in my closet, I found it very important to me that my clothes be grouped by color. (This was something I had done in San Francisco as well, but considering my priority was just to get my stuff put away, I found it curious that I placed such a premium on this.

3) I have a lot of crap. Seriously. I thought one of the benefits of the whole 'moving to another country' thing was that I would purge myself of a lot of the unnecessary garbage in my life. This particular moving company really was able to drive home this point for me since they took every little thing out of my desk and wrapped it. I have chargers for phones that I don't own, boxes of checks to a bank account I don't use (and don't even think exists anymore) and a ton of electronics that I don't use (and also can't use because I don't have enough converters). A fine use of the space allotted to me by the moving company. Incidentally if anyone over there wants to send me an american power strip, I'd be VERY grateful. That way I'd only need one converter to use all of my electronics).

Anyway, looking forward to tonight when I can finally sleep in my old bed again, as I presume my spinal column is as well. When I look back on my days of couch sleeping, I will know that though they were challenging, I am better for having them, for now I can truly appreciate my fantastic bed, which fits my entire body on it. The couch and I will remain friends, as I still plan to continue my relationship with it during the day for tv watching, etc. I'm sure there will be a few naps on it in my future, but for now, I only have eyes for one piece of furniture...



Isn't she beautiful?

Also, I recorded a video of my floor and my room with all of my stuff in it but will have to wait til tomorrow at work to upload and post so stay tuned!

P.S. Happy Birthday, Mom!!!