Bread Ties and Meat Trays

Well, another school year has ended. I realized that I have now been in the business since the year 2000. This year, I had to pack up my classroom and prepare to move out to a portable. Today someone asked me, "What's a portable". I had to tell them that my portable is basically a double-wide trailer, cut in half. Wow, I never looked at it this way. There are a couple downsides to moving out to the portable farm, but I'll still be near my buddies and may be able to slip in a little late every now and then. From this moving/packing experience, I once again learned that 1. I do not like change and 2. I am a closet hoarder. I know someone who hoards things like the Styrofoam trays holding that nice, juicy steak you buy and Costco. This person also holds on to plastic sacks, bread ties, 80's earrings, t-shirt ties from the early 90's, and at least three boxes of home shopping orders per week. All of this is only the tip of the iceberg. Where I'm going with this is that I had a hard time getting rid of stuff during this move. I was also horrified to see that almost all the furniture and file cabinets we have been using for three years are being surplussed (which I learned is that they're taking it all to the dump). I was horribly offended because all of this stuff can STILL BE USED (hoarder). Next, I went into my portable and was asked what I wanted to keep and what I wanted surplussed. If you ask me, everything can be used. After being mocked a little by Jenny and the lady doing inventory, I decided to let go of two file cabinets that did not have all their working drawers. I also let go of about twenty five 1970's style plastic yellow and orange chairs. I'm pretty sure I could "use" this stuff, but realized I just had to let it go. If I don't, I'll soon be storing my Styrofoam meat trays and plastic bread ties in the broken file cabinets. :-)