It dawned on me around 10:48 tonite that my place was a mess. A sty. A pig-pen. At least by my standards.
And all of a sudden I realized I had not lifted a finger to clean or move piles or do laundry or do much of anything houseworthy since last Thursday night. I got lazy!
Left work early Friday for a Dr's appt and never stopped going until Monday night. My house was just a waystation where I would come and go and check internet and shower and maybe eat a meal or two. I left dishes in the sink. For 3 days. I NEVER leave dishes in the sink for that long...never. Longest I've gone was from overnight to late morning. And they were rinsed well too, no food on them. Seeing since I don't cook, when I say 'dishes' I mean glasses that I've used for drinks. When Amy's Organic Gluten-Free meals are your basic mainstays, there are not a lot of dishes to contend with.
So anyway, tonite at 10:48 I looked around and all of a sudden my days when I used to be a total slob-packrat came flooding back. It scared me.
Again, my standards are pretty different from most. When all was said and done, it took me 20 minutes total to clean the kitchen, load the dishwasher, spruce up the living room, sort the laundry, make my bed and clean my room and my upstairs bathroom. I feel so much better now.
I've been scatterbrained of late...don't know why...and house upkeep hasn't been on my radar. I feel better now that I am caught up. 6 piles of presorted laundry lay on my closet floor, all ready to be loaded into the washer as soon as I wake up before I hit my office. By the end of the day I will be caught up on laundry and I will feel very serene. Then, after work, on to organizing and decluttering my bills and paperwork and life will be smooth sailing.
I know what to do and how to get it done. Lately it's just remembering to do it. I seem to have NO TROUBLE remembering to blog or read my favorite blogs. Riight! Someone needs a paradigm shift!
Ya think?
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