We have so many Amazon boxes.

My cat would like to talk to you.

Everybody, listen to me. Throw out all the boxes except one. That's all you need.

Break them down and toss them into recycling.

If you really need a box, the dollar you spend on it will be worth the free space and declutter.

Also, free boxes at USPS for priority mail anyway.

Everybody, listen to me. Throw out all the boxes except one. That's all you need.

My cat would like to talk to you, also. You should run.

Okay, I have to correct one previous statement. Curiosity got the better of me, and I stuck my head in the door of the office (it's been closed since the discovery of the mold, to keep the kitty out). And yeah, I totally see why the Cincinnati Hoarding guy said it was in the category of clutter (even if it's "extremely cluttered"): Tim busted his ASS over the past couple of weekends getting stuff out of there.* (I obviously saw him bringing stuff out, but I still didn't get the impact of the office with that much stuff gone until I actually looked in the office.) It's still Maximum Clutter, but so much better than it was. Wow.

*(One of the things he brought out of there was a bundle of something that looked like magazines, but wrapped up in like 10 layers of U-Haul pallet wrap [because of course we have pallet wrap lying around]. I asked him what it was, and he said "Porn that I forgot was even in there." Okay, I asked why it was wrapped up in 10 layers of pallet wrap, and he said "I don't want anyone to go through our trash looking for stuff and find moldy porn and die from it!" He was 100% serious. I told him people who steal porn out of your trash should be aware that it might not be in pristine condition. But that's the kind of person I married: making sure that hypothetical trash porn scavengers don't get Aspergillosis.)

making sure that hypothetical trash porn scavengers don't get Aspergillosis

Reader, I giggled.

That's very sweet of him.

Sumi, I'm so sorry about your diagnosis. Hippocampus is married to the The Chemist, and he may be able to help you understand the pharmocological, and your options there, if your treatment plan goes that way. I've volunteered him up to friends and co-workers before, and I know some have taken advantage.

Sumi- I am sorry about your diagnosis (although I still can’t find the original post, so I feel like I am missing details.I was so beside myself just needing a biopsy, I can’t imagine. But you have my (and all of our) support

I want to near a, but I am not sure I remember everything.

Gud and tommyrot and Karl- it is excellent to see you. I am sorry about the year, tommyrot and your mother, but it sounds like you are poling your head out a bit. I can’t believe TCBITW is engaged. Is that our first Buffista baby engagement? I guess no, because Laura’s son is engaged (married) and some of us have older kids.

Meara- I hate projects like that. I always have the pleasure of doing things I don’t know how to do, because I can figure them out, but that sounds like a recipe for failure because there are parameters, you just haven’t been trained on them

David- has the wisdom teeth happened yet? DO NOT share my story with Matilda, but I actually was awake, but paralyzed during my wisdom tooth/general anesthesia bout. I had no pain though, I just was aware, but couldn’t indicate it. Then, after they were done, I was out. I always tell the dentist this, because I also have a delayed novacaine reaction, and should I ever go under again, I will also share.

Teppy-et als. For accountability, I should also share I have sort of backslid during COVID, but it is more medium clutter than hoarding again. I am actually working this weekend to get it back to “acceptable for teenaged boy” so that Aidan can start coming by and taking out my garbage again. I loved that, but we lost it during COVID. And, according to my therapist, I think that there is sort of a hoarding scale.

COVID really sort of did a number on my mental health, I think. I never before in my life regretted not being partnered, but the endless alone was terrible. I felt like I was forgetting even how to speak properly. Now that I am fully vaccinated, I am back to working in the office and I feel so much better. I stayed home one day this week and it was terrible, so no more! I saw my best work friend in person for the first time since last March on Monday, and had my second hug since COVID. I am no hugger, but I seriously teared up

I am stressed out about a doctor visit on Monday because I haven’t been taking care of myself and I feel old, and I feel like I will be chastised, and I hate being chastised. I am also stressed out because our whole bus system is changing on May 17, and all my memorized ways to get places will be different. They are also adding something, which I think will be good, but I am a little confused by, which is called on Demand. Which seems sort of like Uber, locally. So within my little zone (and other little zones), it sounds like you can schedule a pick up from a bus stop to another bus stop within the zone (but on another line) for a dollar and they come pick you up in a van. So instead of having to go downtown and transfer, taking hours to get to somewhere that is 3 miles from me (like the grocery store), I could do that. I would just be nervous about getting stuck at the grocery store. The reason they need this is because Rochester is not a grid, it is more like a bicycle wheel with spokes, so all the busses go downtown and then out- there is nothing to get you crosstown. And the further out you are from Downtown, the wider the space between spokes, so it is a very long walk for me to get to the next line. Everyone is up in arms, but I am trying to give it some time. I think it may be better.

It looks like my local movie theater is open. I could maybe go see a movie. In a theater. I don’t know how to feel about this.

I'm so sorry, Sumi. Hope you have an easy course of treatment.