Packing!

As my dearest mother has reminded me, I must leave the dorms Saturday. In fact, I must leave the dorms before Saturday, as Saturday is the last day, and the traffic on Saturday will be horrific. Thus, I must leave the dorm Friday.

Now, the dorm contains many objects. Several of these (the desks, the dressers, the beds, etc.) were supplied by the school, and therefore must remain in the dorm. The rest has to go. And much of the rest has to go before Friday, since the volume of the dorm room is far greater than the volume of the hatchback.

To achieve this task with any degree of efficiency, I must be methodical. Not being naturally inclined in that direction, I shall attempt to fake it for the next four days. And the first thing required for fake methodicalness (remarkably, this is an official in-the-dictionary English word, but I digress) is —

The List.

Tuesday.

• In the first carload shall be (at the minimum) the following items.
  
  • A stack of textbooks, notebooks, handouts, essays, exams, and other paraphernalia, leftover from last semester.
    
  • An under-the-bed storage box, containing two boxes of Ziplock bags, a box of small trash bags, and an assortment of toiletries, software boxes, and school supplies emptied out of my closet.
    
  • A box, containing an iMac, all the cords, and a couple towels.
    
  • A faux-leather tote bag, containing my important papers, some notebooks, and a large sketchbook.
  
  
• In the second carload will likely be several of these items.
  
  • The clothes currently hanging in my closet, the hangers, and those clothes from my drawers that I do not require for the remainder of the week. Est. volume: one large laundry bag (from bottom drawer in dresser).
    
  • The stuff in the bottom of the closet: bags of sheet music, sleeping bag, mattress pad, and whatever else I find there, except the poster tubes and one spare pair of shoes. Est. volume: the two bags, and two Peapod bags (one with stuff sticking out the top).
    
  • The soy mayonnaise and half-block of sliced American cheese, from the fridge.
  
  
• The fridge will be unplugged and opened after this step. It needs to be room temperature, clean, and dry in time to be removed later.
  

Wednesday.

• Conquer the dressers. All books not required for the last two exams will be bagged, all nonbook materials except the flashlight and basic first aid materials will be bagged. The flashlight and basic first aid materials (as well as the books not already bagged) will move approximately four feet to the right, and two feet up; this will place them on the dresser, leaving the bookcase empty.
  
• All (by which I mean, all my) posters will be stripped from the walls and placed in poster tubes (or a single poster tube, if practical).
  
• The excess materials on the drawer and the desk will be packed. This includes:
  
  • The books currently on the dresser.
    
  • The tea-making materials on my desk.
    
  • The speakers on my desk.
    
  • Everything else on my desk, except the printer, the phone, and the laptop (if applicable). This includes the broken desk lamp upon which I hang my keyring-lanyard. Said broken desk lamp may be discarded, rather than packed.

Thursday.

• Will do the laundry after the morning final. Then all laundry, all laundry equipment, and the spare pair of shoes will be packed.
  
• If possible, the fridge will be removed as well. Two days should be sufficient for cleaning/removal.
  

Friday.

• Everything not already packed and removed will be stuffed into backpacks, except Thursday's clothes, the bed linens, and the bucket with the remaining toiletries and the shampoo. Thursday's clothes and the bed linens will be bundled for carrying back home; the bucket will be carried separately, or have the clothes and linens stuffed in it for convenience. Said linens probably won't fit, however, and will have to be carried separately.
  

Plan to be altered as needed, of course.