Oof. It's been a long weekend.
Spent the afternoon at KK's again today, and this time I pushed her very hard and we got a large chunk of the kitchen done. I put out five huge boxes of free items and took photos so KK could put them up on her local Buy Nothing group on Facebook, and then brought out even more items that didn't quite fit in the boxes. So far no one has picked up anything, and if they don't it will all get tossed. Normally we'd bring them to Value Village or something, but no one is taking donations due to the pandemic these days, alas. I also got rid of a bunch more paper/cardboard recycling and five more bags of garbage.
KK didn't make any progress while I wasn't there (again literally didn't get out of bed until I called), but I essentially stood on top of her and forced her to go through her kitchen stuff and make decisions, and I did the rest: tossed stuff in the garbage, put it in donation boxes or the recycling, and packed up two boxes with appliances and such. By the time we were ready to call it a day, we'd cleared out a significant amount of space, and even she was impressed. I think she'd been under the impression until today that it was too big a job and it was all too overwhelming to even contemplate without the adrenaline of last-minute panic. Anyway, she was visibly and vocally relieved about the amount of progress we made, and I rashly promised I'd go over after work tomorrow to help her bring whatever "donations" are still there to the dumpsters. I've suggested she try to pack at least one box a day this week to stay on top of things, and then I'll be back over the weekend to help her more.
I am off to bed now. It was a productive day, and I even got in some grocery shopping after, so I am quite pleased with how it all turned out. I have a busy few weeks ahead of me, though, so getting to bed before 10 pm is the plan for today. G'night, friends!
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KK didn't make any progress while I wasn't there (again literally didn't get out of bed until I called), but I essentially stood on top of her and forced her to go through her kitchen stuff and make decisions, and I did the rest: tossed stuff in the garbage, put it in donation boxes or the recycling, and packed up two boxes with appliances and such. By the time we were ready to call it a day, we'd cleared out a significant amount of space, and even she was impressed. I think she'd been under the impression until today that it was too big a job and it was all too overwhelming to even contemplate without the adrenaline of last-minute panic. Anyway, she was visibly and vocally relieved about the amount of progress we made, and I rashly promised I'd go over after work tomorrow to help her bring whatever "donations" are still there to the dumpsters. I've suggested she try to pack at least one box a day this week to stay on top of things, and then I'll be back over the weekend to help her more.
I am off to bed now. It was a productive day, and I even got in some grocery shopping after, so I am quite pleased with how it all turned out. I have a busy few weeks ahead of me, though, so getting to bed before 10 pm is the plan for today. G'night, friends!
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