Graduation Etcetera

Well, I am now a college graduate! Graduation weekend was a little crazy: I had two shifts at work, graduation itself, I moved out of my apartment, partied with my roommates, partied with my family, and made Father's day breakfast. So basically. . . I'm exhausted.

 Now I have less than one week to get all ready for Europe AND pack up everything to ship to New York AND see everyone I can.   I'm a little nervous that I'm going to get all of this done, because on Monday, my room looked like this:

The entirety of my apartment (minus four boxes) in my room at home

Basically, I need to pack up books, dvds, kitchen stuff and everything else that I can't carry on/ check on the airplane.  Plus, I need to go through all of my clothes and decide what to take, what to give away, and what to store.  So. . . I'm a little overwhelmed.  I've lived in my apartment for two years, so I have a good amount of . . . everything (especially books), so figuring out what to take, what to leave and what to give away is rather difficult.  I've grown pretty fond of my things and it's incredibly overwhelming to pick and chose between everything and pack my life into boxes.  My life into boxes. That is a terrifying prospect.  I definitely want to put it off and breathe for a little bit (and maybe get used to the fact that I'm graduating and moving away), but that isn't exactly happening.  Today I figured out books and DVDs (for the most part). I'm currently organizing my books by size so that they can fit into boxes in the most efficient way possible.  Thrilling, right? I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll have books and kitchen stuff done, and maybe I can start my laundry! It's going to be a jam-packed few days.  There will be coffee . . . lots of coffee. . .