the corner office

We got our flat on a short lease, not sure if we'd want to - or be able to - stay in this neck of the woods. We're moving this coming week, and things are getting a little rushed. Thankfully our move entails lugging stuff down one stair case and up another... yep, we couldn't keep this flat for longer, but we like where we are, so we're moving to another flat in the same block. Even a simple move like this entails a lot of missioning, and we'll be rather glad to get settled in the new flat, and just chill the hell out until Junior arrives.

The impending move upped the pace of the book cataloguing. I have a few more boxes to do, but I'm nearly done. The catalogue spreadsheet is currently sitting at 989 books, in 47 boxes. Much to Ronwen and everyone else's amusement (or pity or exasperation, I'm not sure which), I decided to weigh each box on the bathroom scales before I sealed it. I don't know why people think I'm nuts - if you're going to put boxes in storage, piled 4 or 5 high, it makes sense to have the 20kg boxes at the bottom and the 5kg ones at the top. The easiest way to decide which boxes go where is to know how much each box weighs. Plus it really gets the accountant in me all juiced up.

Anyway. I can report that these 47 boxes weigh over 450 kgs. The books still to be packed and those that won't be packed will come close to another 50kgs. So when people say 'gee, you must have a ton of books', I can honestly say 'no, only half a ton.'