Posted by bozeman on April 7, 2003, at 23:30:18
In reply to Re: Thanks Everyone!, posted by noa on April 7, 2003, at 20:47:30
Oh, noa, you are so not alone in your cleaning situation. I call mine "analysis paralysis", something I borrowed from a class I took in college: "Hmm, should I sort this pile, clean the bathroom, fold the laundry, or (since it's March) put away the Halloween decorations? . . . can't decide . . . I think I'll clean the catbox." So the first four remain un-done (but the kitties are happy. :-)
If I didn't have a roommate, I don't know if I'd be able to walk through the house or not. Probably not. But even when I'm at my worst, I feel guilty/anxious enough to keep my part somewhat sort-of livable so she doesn't have to deal with it. Since this is the woman who came over to my apartment six years ago when I had a 104 F fever (kidneystones) and wordlessly washed every dish in the house, made me three different kinds of jello (the only thing I could keep down, and I haven't had it since), and telephoned to nag me into taking my medicine every night, all after working a 12 hour day (five days a week, with another job of two-eight hour days on weekends.) Oh, and driving nearly an hour one-way to get to my place. This is after she was up all night taking me to the emergency room in the first place. She thought it was the coolest thing when I got this place and there was room for both of us, so she could quit that nasty second job, plus was a half-hour closer to her other job; then she got a better job, and only works eight or nine hours a day, so she thinks this is a terrific deal, here. Little does she know what a disaster my life would be without her to add some barometer of order to it.
I hope the appliance "fairies" are kinder to you than they have been of late. Maybe the washer repair tech will be cute and fun? For conversation if nothing else? My sister swears the cable guy was hitting on me, and maybe he was, but I was just too stressed to notice. But he was actually very cool, I should have paid more attention. :-D
Cheers and hoorays on your kitchen progress . . . from one of your stress-makes-me-organizationally-challenged sisters
bozeman
PS I was thinking the other day . . . my house always used to be spotless. Until I got sick a few years ago, that is. Where have those days gone . . . . . or did they even exist? Maybe I dreamed them. <chuckle>
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