Packing (no, not Nasal)

It seems ironic that the only dressing i DONT need to do during my ENT call involves Nasal packing. But, determined to get a headstart on my Big Move Number IV, I started to pack my booksaganza into pretty boxes. Just for the sake of things, let's have a recap of the Big Moves i've had... Big Move 1: well, technically, big move anatomically, but small move in terms of Stuff. I had ONE suitcase full of whatits when i first came over to Taiwan 7 years ago. Big Move 2: Fast forward, 5 years later.. when i finally moved out of That Stinky Place with Squat Toilets to begin my oh-so-exciting clinical life of being an Intern at VGHTPE. Et, voila! 27 boxes of STUFF!! yessirree, i think i gained more objects than knowledge in that time period. To be honest, there was somewhat of a Big Move 2a because i had to shift my things into My Apartment, with help of a Strong Person and my cousin. Big Move 3: (and before that Big Move 2b) when I had to move down south to Kaohsiung for the second year of Internship. Heh. SLIGHTLY less stuff (at least sans the Guzheng), but still a good 25 boxes? Major lugging, phew. Big Move 4: this is when i move BACK to the Stinky Place with Squat Toilets where I get to reminisce the Good Ole Days with fellow army folks for a month, and MUG MY ASS OFF until i graduate for Real on June 16, and then graduate for Symbolic Purposes on June 29th. Big Move 5: So, evicted from school, i gotta move down to Changhwa for another month, cuz my hospital dorms wouldn't be ready until July 31st or something, which is vaguely annoying... like hello I've all my trash up here with me, how about giving me more grace before having me slog for your hospital come August? Big Move 6: HELLO NEW DORM!!! Big Move 7: in limbo~~ i expect, when I end work at CCH and gotta wait to find a place where imma work at for very many years. Big Move 8: !!! Another dorm? A rental house? My house? Well, we'll see, but this will be when I move to a place for Residency, so i DO HOPE i won't have to move around for abit after THAT! and can just focus on slowly accumulating Stuff again. -sweats- _________________________________ I HAVE been trying to minimize my luggage this time, because it IS rather embarrassing to be the One with the Most Luggage every single damn time! And I cant keep saying that it's because im an international student and have all my barang barang with me from the start of time, because some of the other international students have close to NO Luggage. Boo! -fiddles thumb- I've taken proactive steps towards this, including donating any item of clothing i've not worn in say a year, trashing shoes, recycling paper, giving away bags... frankly, it's rather liberating, and you seriously realize that there're many items you just don't REMEMBER having... until you see it one day again. But for sure, the little hoarder in me is screaming bloody murder. Oh well! Less is More, I guess! ___________________________________ Time for nappy-byes before the second round of dressings at 4pm! Toodles!