Boring stuff, i.e., housecleaning

[linaewen]

I have seen the enemy and it is my bedroom.

Cleaning is the name of the game today. I MUST clean our bedroom, it looks like the messiest kind of attic or basement. This is the room that we will be retreating to when all hullabaloo breaks loose in a few weeks with work teams and guests galore -- and it can't look like this, because it's not peaceful and we can't find anything. And it's dusty.

I fear doing it, because I will sneeze a lot, and I know I will unearth all kinds of undone jobs that will make me feel guilty -- the List of Doom at work -- but procrastinating just makes it worse. Fortunately, it's the kind of day that I feel like working -- sunny and cool and energizing. It's also the kind of day for being outside, which is an irritating paradox. Hopefully I'll have time for a walk.

I also need to take my boy out to play in traffic -- in other words, he is ready for the next step in learning to drive, in real traffic and not in a parking lot. Eeeek! The traffic in this part of PA is scary, to say the least.

Ah well, enough procrastinating, I guess; better get to work attacking the enemy before it gets the best of me. ;-)

Comments

[boriel.livejournal.com]

dust mask or wet hankie :D

i'll be thinking/prayin for you today

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the prayers!

The wet hankie sounds good; that's what I used to do in Pakistan. That kind of dust was easier to cope with, because it was actually dirt/sand. This is housedust and dust from sanding, etc. etc. Ick. ;-)

[captinskywalker.livejournal.com]

I have seen the enemy and it is my bedroom.

LOL!! And don't I know the feeling! In fact, my own room has been growing more and more ominous over the past few days. I KNOW I need to clean it today because I'm taking off tomorrow, but my English paper needs to be finished and sent off first. After that, the battle will commence.

So we shall be attacking the enemy together! ((((Lin))))

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

How's your battle going? I got the curtains and the windows cleaned and some stuff moved out. I have lots more to do -- maybe I'll work at arranging my book shelf with my LOTR stuff and action figures this evening. It needs doing, anyway, but that's kind of fun. ;-)

[pippinswolf.livejournal.com]

maybe you could rustle up a painter's mask from one of the workmen to tie over your mouth and nose-that should minimize how much dust makes it into your nasal passages.
I prayed for you and Doug today as I walked across campus- I trust that bedroom gets all clean, the List of Doom gets progressively shorter, and everything else just falls into place.
((((you)))))

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the prayers, dear; they are much appreciated!

The bedroom is taking longer than expected, but I haven't gotten discouraged yet. I'm a bit sniffly, but not too bad. I'm using the vacuum cleaner as much as possible for the dusting, which helps.

[mochagoddess511.livejournal.com]

I have seen the enemy and it is my bedroom.

Ha! I bet you everything in my wallet right now (i.e. $2.70, a pair of earrings, 2 student ID's, my learners, a library card, a discount card to an art store, my therapist's card, my hairstylists card, a picture of a friend, a card to a local coffee shop, a movie ticket, and a card to a jewelry store - all stuff that i know will be of use to you... NOT) that your bedroom looks like a mere speck of dust in comparison to the dissaray of my bedroom. Seriously, I have to bound across my room to avoid stepping on things. It's disgusting, and one would think that my OCD and my obsession with symmetry would make me yearn to have a clean room.

Think again.

Best of luck Lin.

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks for the best wishes. Hope you can get to yours -- when you feel like it. ;-)

Hello

[faramirgirl.livejournal.com]

(((Lin))) good luck in the cleaning, and with your son in driving in the traffic.