Things I Think About While Cleaning House
I'm cleaning tonight. My house is a wreck most of the time. One of the drawbacks of being a single mom....I get to do ALL of the housecleaning without any help or cheering on. It's when I'm cleaning that I sometimes wonder if I've missed out by turning down offers of marriage and otherwise. I think of how nice it would be to, just once in a blue moon, have someone else take out the trash or fold the laundry. Someone to help me put the sheets on the bed, someone to cook breakfast with on Sunday mornings. I look around my house some nights and just want to burst into tears from how much I have to do. It would be nice to have someone that would tell me, "Hey, don't worry. We'll do it together." So that's what I think of...and then, when I'm done feeling sorry for myself, I move on to other things---like:
--Am I the only woman my age who still wears an apron around the house?
--The Remains of the Day is probably one of the saddest movies I've ever seen...that part where she moves to see what he's reading...it breaks my heart.
--I need to paint my toenails. Poor upkeep of the pedicure is a sign I'm falling apart here.
--Should I call him? Should I not call him? Or should I wait for him to call me? Keeerrrrist! I am such a dork!
--Is that another grey hair???
--I've got the perfect ending for that short story that's been languishing for the last few weeks.
--I'm going to take a nice long walk across the dam with my kids tomorrow.
--And I'm going to figure out where I hid that plane ticket from myself!! I hate when I do that!!
--I'm going to Seattle to visit Shae. Emergency Friend First-Aid, you know. : ) I'm completing a circle in a lot of ways...someone reached out and helped me years back when I was caving in on myself. Now it's my turn to repay the kindness that saved me so long ago. Gotta call my mom and figure out how soon I can get out there.
--Trial coming up in a couple of weeks.
--They took a biopsy from a spot near my collar bone yesterday. I won't find out anything until next week. I'm not that worried....no point in worrying. So I won't.
--The boys are being so good tonight. It's too quiet...which means I probably need to see what they're up to!!!
And now I must go scrub the toilets! I don't need a husband. I need a maid!! ; )
--Am I the only woman my age who still wears an apron around the house?
--The Remains of the Day is probably one of the saddest movies I've ever seen...that part where she moves to see what he's reading...it breaks my heart.
--I need to paint my toenails. Poor upkeep of the pedicure is a sign I'm falling apart here.
--Should I call him? Should I not call him? Or should I wait for him to call me? Keeerrrrist! I am such a dork!
--Is that another grey hair???
--I've got the perfect ending for that short story that's been languishing for the last few weeks.
--I'm going to take a nice long walk across the dam with my kids tomorrow.
--And I'm going to figure out where I hid that plane ticket from myself!! I hate when I do that!!
--I'm going to Seattle to visit Shae. Emergency Friend First-Aid, you know. : ) I'm completing a circle in a lot of ways...someone reached out and helped me years back when I was caving in on myself. Now it's my turn to repay the kindness that saved me so long ago. Gotta call my mom and figure out how soon I can get out there.
--Trial coming up in a couple of weeks.
--They took a biopsy from a spot near my collar bone yesterday. I won't find out anything until next week. I'm not that worried....no point in worrying. So I won't.
--The boys are being so good tonight. It's too quiet...which means I probably need to see what they're up to!!!
And now I must go scrub the toilets! I don't need a husband. I need a maid!! ; )