I'm getting ready to move into my house for the school year- and I just can't wait. As I'm packing up, I'm realizing how much stuff I have; tons of pens, 11 half empty bottles of old lotion, five cases of contact solution and a heaping pile of clothes that I didn't wear once over the summer. I really don't have a use for any of these but they will make the move along with me just in case...
I'm a big believer in "just in case�?. I'm going to keep those 3 year old leg warmers "just in case�? my legs get cold in August or "just in case�? they come back into style. Neither of those is very likely to happen.
So I've decided to par down the number of things I will move into my house this year. I'll cut down on the photo albums I don't look at, the piles of notebooks I never use, and the desk knick-knacks I always knock over. Especially when moving into a res-hall, you definitely won't need as many 'things' as you would think. That one small room will house both of you and whatever chotchkis you both deemed important enough to trek to college. After three years I've learned that it's better to start off the year with a sparse room because I always end up filling it with excess junk by May!
