I purged and listed for the New Year… although I would like to purge some more. I backed up all my 2005 email and my 2005 financial records onto CD, and then deleted them from the computer. My inbox and my check register are shiny and empty now, waiting to fill up with new adventures.

Now I’m ready to do more purging in my house. Time to go through the closet and get rid of clothes I haven’t worn in a year. Time to clean out drawers. And definitely time to clean out the garage. There is so much I can throw away, recycle, or send to Goodwill.

Purge purge purge. It’s so cathartic. The now can’t squeeze into my life when it is cluttered with the past.

It makes Matt nervous when I purge though. He’s not a purger. But I just can’t help it. I love the feeling of letting go, and then watching what new things flow in. It’s like unblocking a stream, and then feeling the fresh, cool water flow past your skin.

I love the New Year. It’s a time of hope and promise.

We have all been really sick this past week. It’s the sickest I’ve been in over ten years. Matt actually called in sick to work every day last week.

Today has been the first day that I have even begun to feel normal. I was surrounded by this dark haze of pain, and now I can see outside myself again. And I was walking around the house a moment ago, and it is a wreck!! Our house hasn’t been this bad in awhile. It’s so bad because we’ve all been sick for a week. There’s stuff everywhere.

Time to clean up. 🙂 Boy, I’m glad I’m feeling better. I’m still a little ill, but at least I’m not in the nightmare of pain that I was in — that we all were in.