I feel the twinge of an itch. But nothing like chicken pox, which they’re related to!

When I was trying to figure it out, I went hunting for photos online . . . oh my, I do NOT recommend that. Quite horrible.

I’d better get to bed to keep my immune system healthy.

....What may not be obvious is that some of these projects have been in the works for years.

I’ve always been a bit of a packrat – especially when it comes to papers and books. And running a paper-intensive business for many years compounded the problem immensely, especially because I was also teaching seminars for my professional associations (and therefore kept hanging on to old manuscripts as potential “training tools”).

Then came two “emergency” downsizings inside of three years. No time to purge before either one, and my best-laid plans to purge after the moves were scuttled by a series of health challenges in both instances.

Over the years, I’ve made inroads here and there, but then backslid when my energy failed me.

Only now – and in large part due to the magnificent generosity of the team of friends who helped while I was in the hospital and when I first returned home – am I finally, finally, finally beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

_{If I ignore (for now) the vast number of boxes stored off-site.}