Susie Homemaker, I am not.
As much as my mind wanders to imagine (sometimes) an immaculate, well-organized
house – well, let’s just say my imagination is much more willing than my motivation
and heart.
Today, to celebrate February 1st, I finished packing up
Christmas stuff and carried it all to the basement. At that point, I should have whipped out the
vacuum, gave the room a good sweeping and dusting, rearranged everything back
the way it was prior to setting up the Christmas tree...but no. After 14 trips down and up those basement
stairs, old KyLady decided to sit down and do some desk work. But oh Lord, my desk was wretchedly piled up –
so bad that it was completely annoying and distracting. So, I cleared it off, washed it off, filed
papers that needed to be filed, paid bills, subscribed to e-statements for those
businesses that send me WAY too much paper, and now my desk is marvelous. Probably not for long. At least 20% of the crap on my desk was
Someone’s shit. The file cabinet is
right beside my desk. He could file his
own crap, but no, he wants the house slave to do it for him. Where’s my house slave?
So, after screwing around with my desk, I was completely out
of the mood to do any real work at it. I
started laundry, and then commenced to put clean dishes away out of the
dishwasher. And then...well, there were plastic
food containers to put away, and the cabinet where they belong was in a
desperate state. I grabbed a ladder, clawed
everything out of that cabinet of chaos, washed the shelves off, matched lids
to the containers, and threw all the orphans into the garbage can. I took a photo because in less than a week,
nobody will be able to tell it ever looked as organized as it does now.
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| jealous? |
My housecleaning strategy is ADD (attention deficit
disorder). I rarely finish any one thing
before some other chore grabs my attention.
Probably, this is not the best strategy.
The project manager in me wants to create a detailed plan and task schedule
with milestones, but then it would be too much like work. Cleaning this house is pretty much an
adventure, and I kind of like it that way.
Enough adventure for one day. It’s time to do some real work. Assignments need to be graded, discussion
boards to catch up on, and I have to get a new class ready to open Sunday
night. The time to get busy is now...and I have a nice, clean desk.
