This bird has flown

[lindyhop]

There's still a bunch of junk in his room, stacks of books on the floor, CDs, clothes that he hasn't moved yet. And other stuff that is probably just trash. He moved his DVDs first so you know where his priorities are. I'm waiting for him to empty out his closet so I can start moving some things in there.

He has a lot of storage space at the new place so I don't feel bad about asking him to clear everything out. I don't plan to rent out his room or anything like that so if he ever had to come back temporarily he could.

I'm finding this to be a wonderful opportunity to de-clutter. If I give him stuff I'm not using that's less stuff that I have to store. And this whole experience is finally giving me the push I needed to really look at what I have and get rid of what I don't need or use.

Since he's been back and forth picking up his things it's almost the same as when he was living here. I don't necessarily see him but I know he's been around. He's not that far away and I can do what I've always done to spend a little extra time with him, bribe him with a dinner out. (He won't be coming back for any home-cooked meals unless he's learned to cook himself.)