My nonagenarian Mom moved 4 blocks two years ago to a smaller house.?ÿ She lives 800 miles from me so the next year I visited and was shocked to see many boxes of stuff that never got upacked.?ÿ She spent $3,500?ÿ and the mover boxed things up as if she was going transcontinental ?ÿand essentially installed furniture but no more. She said she didn't give a damn but it was a weird living situation.?ÿ So I spent 5 days opening boxes, hanging pictures, going through boxes of junk, busted stuff and ancient paperwork (like 5 corroded birdfeeders) on a throwaway mission, under her purview.?ÿ It was immensely unpleasant, trips to the dump, arguments about what was "junk", etc. It came to a head when she had to go to her podiatrist for an hour or so and I found every pair and threw them on the living room floor, 35 pairs of shoes!?ÿ She's a former marathoner so she had tons of running shoes, day comfort shoes, boots and formal heels.?ÿ I tried to triage it but in the end we only sent 20 pairs to Goodwill and she was in tears when I bagged them but I'm confident she'll get by with the other 15 pairs.?ÿ Love hurts.
cell phone posting, but, you probably knew that already.
