Why I never get anything done…
…otherwise entitled My Day So Far. After the kids leave for school I turn to survey the house. Ugh - disaster! Did we really just clean up in here on Saturday? The kitchen is full of dirty breakfast dishes, the table is covered with the girl’s school papers and homework projects, family room is full of my sewing stuff - I’m currently in the middle of some bead embroidery and once you get that set up, you don’t want to try and move it. Beds are unmade, the girls’ dirty undies are on the bathroom floor and their calcified toothpaste bits dot the sink. Okay, time to clean. Stride confidently to the bedroom to get dressed. Spot the treadmill in the corner. Maybe I should work out first because I really need to and it’s best to work out in the mornings when you have the most energy, right? Go to closet to find workout clothes, notice overflowing laundry bins. I should start a load of towels right now so that I can have a clean one for my shower after my workout. Take load of towels out to the laundry room, which is next to the kitchen. Survey dirty kitchen while waiting for washer to fill. Maybe I should do this quickly first since a clean kitchen always puts me in a better mood. Email alert dings. Spend 30 seconds reading email and another 45 minutes surfing the net and reading blogs. Washer begins cycle without me and merrily washes a load of water while the soggy, nasty towels sit in a dejected heap on the floor. Unload dishwasher and start cleaning up kitchen. Remember that there are water glasses in the bathroom, go to retrieve. In bathroom, quickly scoop up girls’ dirty clothes and sort them into hampers, then notice the empty toilet paper tube by the toilet. Gerbils love to chew on toilet paper rolls. Remove roll, present to gerbils. Notice gerbils need food and water. Back to the kitchen, trip over dishwasher door I left open and scrape shin. Mild cursing. Fill gerbil water bottle, feed and water gerbils. Gerbil cage is by the top of the stairs. Notice pile of stuff waiting to be taken downstairs. Take stuff down and spot large boxes overflowing with fabric from stash. Reason that this could be a problem if we ever get mice in the house. Start folding and straightening fabric so it will fit neatly into boxes. Still haven’t showered at this point. While folding fabric, find pattern piece I have been missing for a current project. Take upstairs and gaze longingly at bead embroidery project. Embroider for over an hour, interrupted only by another email chime. Spend another 30 minutes on the computer, mostly checking to see if any of you have updated your blogs yet. Am disappointed. Slackers! After internet binge, find paper doll dress that has been left on my desk. Take to living room where the girls have built a paper doll castle and have a saga underway. See piano and realize that I haven’t played anything for a while. Spend another 30 minutes practicing piano. Maybe I’ll work better with music. Go to put on a cd but get distracted organizing DVDs instead. Come across a recent rental and decide the world needs my opinion. Spend next 40 minutes composing and submitting review to Amazon. You’re welcome. Phone rings. Spend 20 minutes chatting with sister while wandering aimlessly around house. Stub toe on Mia’s Ziploc baggie of souvenir rocks left lying in the middle of the floor. Remember that I promised to fix the drawstring bag they came in. (She popped the seam trying to stuff in more rocks.) Fix rock bag. Finish in time to get the girls from school. So here it is, four o’clock in the afternoon. My house is still a mess, my laundry is not done, and I still haven’t showered. But at least I found time to write this! PS: I’ve just been informed that my last entry seriously messed up my formatting and now my blog looks like shite in Internet Explorer. I sincerely apologize - I have absolutely no idea how to fix it - I am an idiot.
5 Responses to “Why I never get anything done…”
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August 28th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Now wait just a gol-durned minute here. I updated twice today, and even answered your comments. Slacker, indeed!
*Flounces off in a pretend huff*
(Peeks back over shoulder to add: Wow, your days sound so exactly like mine. Granted, I have deflated balloons and cat throw-up instead of paper dolls and bags of rocks, but still.)
(Oh, and too: If you can substitute smaller versions of those photos, it might clear up your IE issues. Or, you know, it might not.)
August 29th, 2006 at 12:10 am
Ahhh, and now the formatting is fixed thanks to the fabulous Mr. Me (linky in my sidebar), who considers it a supreme honor to be called a geek.
Thanks you!
August 29th, 2006 at 12:12 am
Jennifer,
Cat throwup? Ew.
Of course, you’re absolutely right, you did update. Otherwise where did I get that great recipe? Come back? Pretty please?
September 1st, 2006 at 9:48 am
Glad to be able to help!
October 4th, 2006 at 10:28 am
ok, this is So funny!
Reading about your day (which is so identical to most of mine) just made me feel so much better!