So much work to do, so little desire
Today was a day of cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. With the onset of cold weather the kids have been more confined to the house and some have not been feeling well. That means that more things are getting used, and not clean up after, while more of us are feeling less and less like handling what we should handle.
Yesterday Sandi spent the day cleaning out the refrigerator. It badly needed it. It was starting to smell like a landfill and was almost starting to look like one, too. That was a massive undertaking and I am so thankful she chose to take that on. Of course that means that since she did she was pretty much incapacitated today. She was not doing well at all, needing help from the walls and other structures around the house just to stay up. I haven't seen that in a while and I hope I don't see too much more of it. Last time it was a by product of a serious illness.
But with mom out dad, that's me - HI EVERYONE!, had to pick up the slack. So I did, taking care of much of the rest of the kitchen, the week old dirty dishes, the table, the counters and the garbage. I also did heaps of laundry just so I could see my hallway floor again and so that me and the kids had clothes for the week. I also took care of the bathroom garbage and some of the living room before auntie Katie showed up for a visit. Sandi was asleep for most of the afternoon but was able to get up for a little while when Katie showed up. And the kids had a nice little respite from homework and housework to visit with Aunti Katie so it all ended up pretty good.
One thing has stuck in my head since yesterday though. Sarah, my oldest daughter, said something that struck a chord with me. She said "It's kinda funny that everyone opened the fridge and smelled that nasty smell and didn't do anything about it until mom cleaned out the fridge." And she is exactly right. None of us did anything about that nasty fridge until yesterday. Which leads me to think that I need to start looking for more opportunities to handle things that have been left unhandled. I guess, in a way, that is really the only way that anything is going to get done anyway, right?
So it. Do it. Regardless of if you want to. Which, today, I didn't. But I did it anyway.
