Have you ever cleaned a room for hours, only to realize that the room looks worse when you finally leave it than when you entered it?
That's what happened to me yesterday when I was cleaning the garage. My intent was to get rid of everything that I didn't want or use anymore, but all I ended up doing was cause a bigger mess instead.
First, I ran out of room in my trash can. This county doesn't have a public dump so once the outdoor can was full, I couldn't throw anything else away. I could only pile it up in bags at the front of the garage.
Second, I ran out of bags. The bags--a dollar box from the Dollar Tree-kept breaking on me so I went through the box pretty quickly. As such, I couldn't bag up everything I wanted to.
Third, I remembered that the Camaro isn't an 18 wheeler, and I'm not the Bionic Woman. If there was ever a time I needed a bigger car and a couple of New York City movers on call--surely, New York City movers move stuff in a New York minute, not in a slow Southern one--it was yesterday. I have all this junky and laminated furniture that I want to get rid of in my garage. Ideally, I would like to take the furniture to Goodwill, but I have a feeling that it won't fit in my Camaro. The worn out papasan chair should; I was able to make it back to my dorm room with it when I first bought it. I just don't know about the bookcases and the microwave cart.
I should have tried to fit some of the furniture in the car yesterday, but after three hours I was way too hot and sweaty to deal with that toaster oven on wheels. I'm going to try to take some of the stuff today or tomorrow, whichever day my grandmother decides to give me gas money, but I have a feeling I will need more than just gas. I will need a Uhaul. Yeah, like I'm going to rent one of them until it's time to go to Billy.com, fill out the site's locator form, and find someone listed with Billy moving services who will help me move on a budget.
So what do I plan on doing with the furniture instead? If I can't get it to fit, I'm going to leave it well enough alone and quit while I'm ahead. Then the next time I get inspired to clean the garage, I'm going to scrub toilets instead.
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