oh, no the hoarder got an offer to organize her basement!

[freshstart]

my cousin's DD and her roommate are apartment-less for 2 weeks at the end of May. They want to stay in our basement family room and in return clean out the hoard for 3 days. It's not easily sorted as stuff belongs to certain people, for instance I already purged my household and kept what I wanted, it just got taken out of its corner and strewn through the basement. So I would need to be down there directing traffic and I think the girls have taken on more than they can chew. IDK how my mom will react, she gave her permission and the girls did see the basement. Maybe this is best for my mom, it's hard to say no to giving away stuff to college students who need it and harder to say no to trashing stuff to family you don't know well.

should be interesting, hard as hell and it's all one week before my brother's out of state wedding. Preparing my mother to travel is no easy feat.

[Chicken lady]

Is your stuff still in it's boxes? Or literally strewn around? Maybe this will be a blessing in disguise.

[Teacher Terry]

This may be awesome news. She probably won't feel so free to interfere. I agree with CL.

[Ultralight]

This is an interesting development. I would definitely like a play-by-play!

[freshstart]

my stuff should still be in there boxes, which were labeled but IDK for sure because when my mom and the cleaning lady would go on a tear looking for a specific item any box was fair game. That's why I need to be down there, I don't want them going home with my nice set of pots and pans, for example. It's a great opportunity but standing and bending down are the worst things I can do with my stupid BP so I couldn't go gung ho for 3 straight days like I could've before all this happened. But as long as I can see what goes out, what's the harm? Even if they sort like with like, we're 10x better off than we are now.

I'm curious to see if my mom said yes to pacify them and then tells me NO today.

[Chicken lady]

I'm thinking that if there is a chair or couch down there, maybe they can start by clearing a small space and then bring you boxes to call "my box" "not my box". They could at least get all your boxes back in one stack and start on the others when you get tired

[Teacher Terry]

I hope it went okay.

[freshstart]

it's not happening til the end of May. I spoke to my mom tonight, "I never said yes to this!" But she did not call a halt to it either, I expected a hissy fit and she was good.

I'm kind of embarrassed that I'm not going to be able to work hard alongside them for three days straight but am willing to set aside my pride to get this done. They offered to make a chart of what is in every box and where it is located which would soothe my mother's soul. So even if she refuses to get rid of one item, at least it's organized.

[Teacher Terry]

They are happy to help in exchange for a place to stay so it's a win-win. Also I am sure they understand about your situation.