From 260 to...

Today, I parted with:

• My Representative DeMolay certificate and my framed ritual books. I have my RD pin and gavel to remember them by.
• An original Star Wars record, framed. It's not worth much, and I've never been a huge fan of Star Wars anyway.
• My Most Outstanding Musical Squad award for marching band. It was homemade by my squad leader anyway, and half the decorations had fallen off :)
• One of my two Dayton Dragons hats; no point having two of those, and I never wear hats anyway. This brings my hat collection to one.
• Two of my three bandanas. I never wear bandanas anymore anyway, so no loss there.
• A Carnival Ship on a Stick, an award from winning a game on board. I wouldn't take the award back on the ship, so there's no point keeping it. And I also have a medal from a speed sliding competition that I will take back, so there is still something memorable to hang onto there.
• One of my two glasses cleaning kits; I am moving away from glasses, so their use is limited now.
• A cell phone case. Never use it.
• One of my two swiss army knives. I got my nicer one as a gift from Grandpa Kruse, and I only use that in a real bind, so having a second one is rather silly.

These departures, and a few clerical errors (of which I am sure there will be more in the next couple weeks as I continue to correct bad numbers or things I have forgotten) bring my new total to 243. Significant progress, yet still far more to go.