The Life and Times of a Navy Husband

We opened up a little more of the house to Seanzilla, this morning. He’s becoming more and more confident in his cruising skillz, so we’ve expanded his terrain to include the library. It also helps that he’s learned how to handle books without tearing their covers off.

While he was exploring in there, Danielle noticed that one of the reading chairs, the second-hand one I bought in St. Louis eight years ago, was more-or-less falling apart. Since the only members of the household to ever use the chair are the cats, and since it’s trash day, we decided to kick it to the curb. Of course, even before the Waste Management crew could get to it, somebody scooped it up off the sidewalk. Hopefully they can fix it up and give it a home.

This inspired Danielle to announce this year is all about liquidation. “We are liquidating so we have enough weight to get our books to Virginia,” she said. You’ve gotta have priorities.

We had already decided to say goodbye to several pieces of furniture before the move, many of which came from that same second-hand store in St. Louis. They have fulfilled their purpose, and we are ready to move on.

So we’ve put a moratorium on buying tea, because we have a large drawer full of it, a moratorium on buying new books (which we frequently break), and we’re not going to replace the chair. Every decision like this makes the move back to Norfolk feel closer.

And then I look at the calendar and realize, “Holy crap, it’s already March!”