Packing

I hate moving. There are oh so many reasons why... For example, each of the thousands of books we own.

It's not just the books, themselves. Sure, they're heavy, especially when you mash about 150 of them into a box. But I live by information. I go to code up something - I need my programming and systems texts. I write an article - I need my references. I plan dinner - I need my cookbooks. I can't sleep - I reach for a fluffy novel.

Everything about me is enlivened, supported, expanded by books. Which explains why we have a half-dozen bookshelves overflowing and piles of unshelved books in the corners.

And packing them all into boxes for the move is like pulling the hard drive from the computer. Half my memory is missing, and I can't just reach out and access my data.