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I'm finally packing my books. I went to U-Haul today and bought 15 small boxes (perfect for books). I weighed the first box full to make sure they'd be OK. 40 lbs--well below the M-bag limit of 65 (the plan is to put the boxes inside the M-bags, so the books don't get ruined in transit). So I should be OK.

I've got 8 boxes full now--up to the mass market paperbacks. I'm writing down the titles of the ones that are really too tattered to save, so I can throw them out and (eventually) replace them. Although I think I just packed The Andromeda Strain instead of binning it (it has no covers left). Unfortunately, the 2 big bookcases are only the start of it: I've got the stuff piled on the top of them, then the desk shelves. Plus clearing out the unit with my TV on it (2 1/2 years of The Economist shall be sent off for recycling *sob*). Pack up videotapes (which I won't be shipping) then get together the stuff I'm bringing with me on the plane. (haha, using part of Neil's baggage allowance!)

11 boxes now. Almost all the books are packed. Looking around, though, it somehow feels like I've barely gotten rid of anything!