It is midterm exam week here, which means my schedule is a bit more flexible.  My World History students take their midterm exams today (Wednesday, 17 December 2025), which means I’ll be monitoring and grading throughout the day.

With a bit more flexibility this week, I have been going through my belongings to prepare items to sell on Facebook Marketplace and/or eBay, and to find things to donate to neighbors, friends, family, and/or Goodwill.  It is wild how much detritus one accumulates in a small house over the course of seven years, especially when it’s someone with latent hoarder tendencies like yours portly.

This morning a colleague purchased these Star Wars action figures from me (as well as a few other Kenner figurines I had sitting around the house):

My father-in-law went on a Facebook Marketplace kick when he and my mother-in-law were downsizing earlier this summer (see also:  my U-Haul adventure), and my own mom does a brisk business through it as well, so I’ve been turning stuff I don’t want to move to the new house into moderate treasure.  Some items move quickly and/or generate lots of interest; others sit in unsold purgatory, awaiting either redemption into paradise or a bleak end in the donation pile.

I’ve been particularly surprised that a couple of televisions I’ve attempted to sell have done well.  Apparently, people just watch everything on their phones and tablets now.  Or maybe I’m just charging too much.

Regardless, it’s been fun selling a few things, especially when I know they’ll be put to good use.  One lady bought a lot of our artificial wedding flowers and greenery for her church, which apparently hosts large dinners every week.  We paid a fortune for that stuff (ugh), but I’m glad to have it out of the house and helping others.

Otherwise, it’s a slow process of weeding out junk and relocating the good stuff to the new house.  I hope to get another load up there this week.  We shall see!