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Flew to Denver/Boulder last week for a few days to load up our storage unit into a 22-foot Penske truck and drove back to Chicago with Paul. Lots of rain and occasional hail in Nebraska, but made good time and arrived after about 20 hours of driving. It was a good trip, and nice to have Paul’s company on the way. However, now the apartment is packed with boxes that Z and I have been working through this week unpacking bit by bit. It’s slow going – a lot of this stuff we haven’t seen in a good 4 years, so we’re discovering stuff we totally forgot we owned. But after living so lean for the past few years, we’ve discovered we simply don’t need a lot of it and have donated quite a few boxes to the Salvation Army or freecycled it. Going to tackle the living room tomorrow. It’s odd having furniture again…