marriage- a list of sorts

moving into my new apartment, i now have a slight feeling as to the inevitable "combination of crap" that occurs for the newly married. except this time, i am marrying not one, not two, but three people's crap. the two people who lived there before andy and i moved in left most of their stuff behind, as they are only leaving for a year to head off to korea or something for some socialist thing. from here on out they will be referred to as the "socialists." because that's what they're under in andy's phone.
the good news is that the apartment is a sweet location. the bad news, i didn't realize quite how much crap the socialists left for us, and discovered it all last night as it is my job to make the space functional before andy moves in for real next weekend. it was a daunting task. so, in order to understand the severity of the issue, i will make a list entitled:
2 Socialists Who Left Behind...
- 1 trunk (old school style) filled with most of the spices and pots they left in their kitchen cupboards. most of the spices i will never use (i.e. rice wine vinegar), so i put it back in the trunk, on which the TV is now placed. the contents will never be seen again.
- 3 containers of garlic powder (found in the trunk)... because you might need to take one in your purse to a restaurant.
- 5 traffic signs stolen by one of the socialists in their high school years. if i was 17, this might be cool. andy likes them. they're going behind the couch.
- 1 clock about 2 feet in diameter. it's always 5:07.
-roughly 6 sets of four glasses in varying sizes and colors. the dude apparently "couldn't resist" buying sets of glassware, so we now can have a cocktail party for the whole english department. i have no clue what to do with them. i will also never drink out of them.
- NO EXAGGERATION. roughly 90 hangers. there are no words.
-20 half used legal pads. i opened up the drawers to the dresser they left for me and discovered two full drawers of legal pads, broken binders and filler paper. they obviously had lots of business meetings to attend to, or in my case they had about 20 theses to write. i could probably use them as wallpaper for the whole apartment.
- in another drawer, about 30 highlighters. odds are none of them work, but they are clearly meant for the legal pads. i'll have to start doing something very important soon.
-1 almost completely empty bag of cat food in a drawer in the bathroom. you all know my love for felines. (see "tolerate" if you are unaware.)
-2 containers full of white "stuff." one container has "Powdered Sugar?" scrawled across the top. my confidence in their food is waning at best.
-1 of the ugliest giant area rugs i've ever seen. circa 1985. possibly stolen from the set of The Cosby Show. the only place i can think to put it is in my room, but i'll have to write a disclaimer.
-2 boxes still unopened as of monday morning.

it's going to be a long day. good thing i live above a bar.