Leaving Home

I'm about ready to load up my car for the long drive to Arkansas.

I found the deed to my house, the flood insurance policy and one out of two photo albums. While I was looking for something else, I found the papers related to a small claims suit I have pending. I packed those along with everything else.

I have my jewelry, my mother's coin collection, almost all of my clothes - clean and dirty. Toiletries, dog accessories - food, medicine, bowls, toys, etc.

Cameras, books (I have a ton I haven't read and I packed the ones I was most likely to want to read - 3/4 of a ton), DVDs, CDs and a few video tapes.

I took out the trash (in a bag rather than the cans because I won't be here to bring in the cans), I brought in everything from the yard that I could.

I know I'm forgetting something.

I have a chest that my father had brought back from Korea for my mother. I don't think I will have room for it in my car. Perhaps I can put some of the smaller boxes in it so that not as much space will be taken up. I thought about moving it into a closet or bathroom so that it will be out of the line of flying glass but that will be pointless if my house floods. I think I'll give taking it a try.

I'm so tired and I need to leave early.

Tomorrow's going to be a long day.