sunshine0221's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In My Next Life I am Going To Be Organized In My Next Life I Am Going To Be Organized I envy the naturally organized people who go through life with their perfectly arranged schedules, and perfectly neat houses. I am so not one of them. I blame my right brain - I am clearly too punk rock to have a schedule, or a budget, or apparently clean my house. In case you think I am one of those people who has a complete meltdown should they discover A DUST MOLECULE lying on the floor, I am not. My house really is a mess. I would take pictures, but I am afraid that would cause the ladies from How Clean Is Your House to swoop down on me and display my shamefully messy house on national TV. I can't find anything - including razor blades, library book that was due yesterday, the emergency backup bag of catnip, the lavender and rosebuds I use to make body powder, SOCKS, or my TiVo rebate check. Now mind you, I do have a lot on my plate. I work a full time job and 2 1/2 part-time ones. My dad is old and sick and being an asshole to everyone. I've been worried about Spike, but he seems to be doing better. I am exercising 4 times a week no matter what. I never get enough sleep, and my job is stressy right now. I am also a dog person raising a formerly feral kitten from scratch, and trying not to eat at night. But I know somewhere there is a single mother with 12 kids, 5 jobs, 2 abusive exes, and a monster crack habit whose house is neater and cleaner than mine. I have good intentions. I have tried the I-Can�t-Do-Anything-Even-Remotely-Fun-Until-My-Laundry-Room-Has-A-Floor technique, and my laundry room still does not have a discernible floor. I have tried Flylady and failed miserably. I feel monumentally guilty about The Mess, which, incidentally, has absolutely zero impact on the cleanliness and organization of my house. I am ready to give up, and just go with it - maybe being able to find stuff, and have people over your house without apologizing is overrated? Maybe I�ll just go all eccentric and start never throwing anything away until I have enormous towers of tin foil and paperbags with ever-narrowing winding passageways through the clutter. Or maybe I just need to spend some of the time I spend on the computer and watching TV, like, cleaning my house. I�ll keep you posted. 12:47 p.m. - February 01, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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