I have to be packed by WHEN??!!!

The office is getting new paint and carpet, which it has long needed. (The carpet was already looking a little ratty when I transferred here in 1994.) The plan of attack is to do it in zones--the first zone packs their stuff, the paint-and-carpet people move all the stuff to one area in zone 1, paint and carpet the empty area, move the stuff to the newly done area, paint and carpet the rest of zone 1, then move on to zone 2. Zone 1 people then unpack and pass their boxes along to people in zone 2 or 3. There are 7 zones total, then the hallways will be done last.

( Do-it-yourself packing )

( The plan...and the reality )

Will wear shorts and a T-shirt tomorrow, and pack except for the conference call slot. Same on Wednesday. And Thursday. And I may have to come in on Friday (and even the weekend) if I'm not done. Why all the time? Well, I'm a pack-rat at heart, and I've been in the same office space for 13 years. There's a large bookcase, a small one, 2 filing cabinets (one's a lateral), standing files on the desk and computer table, and boxes and stacks of paper on the floor. Then there are the rock samples, fault models, paper models of fossils, and other outreach materials. And the prints and maps on the walls. And, and...

It's a mess, in other words--but it must all be packed by noon Monday.