Packrat

Over the next month or so, I'm going to face some difficult decisions. Namely, what to pack.

I'm moving overseas in about a month and understandably want to arrive in my new country free and unencumbered. But due to my packrat-like nature, we're going to end up putting a great deal of our stuff into storage.

Just as an example, I just took 5 random items from my living room shown in this photo:

I will now attempt to explain why I much put each of these items into storage as opposed to throwing them in the trash or donating them to Goodwill (which would probably be my wife's preference). From left to right, we have:

1) A wooden baboon statue I bought in Africa for the equivalent of probably $2 US. What a bargain! I think most people would agree that this one's a keeper.

2) Unopened box of wedding candies. Hey, it's from my own wedding, can you blame me for being somewhat sentimental?

3) Crazy Eyeball glasses. You never know when these things could come in handy. I've already used them for three important occasions: they were featured in my annual Christmas card 2 years ago, they are present in my Blogger.com profile, and I used them for a last-minute makeshift Halloween costume last October.

4) Koosh Ball. In how many impromptu Hellman family games of "pig-in-the-middle" has this particular Koosh Ball been utilized? It must be save, for sentimental value.

5) Incredible Hulk figurine. You're asking me to throw away my favorite comic book hero of all time?

You get the picture. I'm going to need a ton of boxes to save all this crap. This was just the small potatoes, too--to get a full idea of the magnitude of my problem, you have to consider the wedding present boxes we haven't yet opened, my 2000+ comic book collection, and the 3-foot tall giraffe statue in our living room.