My husband has a lovely family. They are helpful, and kind, and very close on both sides. They watch Holden all the time, and his grandmother even comes to visit and see Holden. In fact, last week she came to take care of him so that I could do homework for two days straight because I had a couple of tests and I hadn’t read any of the material (we’re talking hundreds of textbook pages here).
Like I told you before, we moved the “guest room” to the basement so that’s where she has to sleep. One morning she came up and said,
“I see you got all your laundry done, that looks nice.”
Harmless. If I told my dear husband that a comment like that bothers me he would call me crazy. It’s one of those comments sort of like “You look great! Have you lost weight?” See prior post about it here: http://yomamamusings.blogspot.com/2009/05/you-look-great-have-you-lost-weight.html
I’m pretty sure when I’m not around my in-laws say stuff like,
“She is just not a housekeeper, bless her heart…”
Because you know you can say bless her heart after anything and it’s no longer a put-down. Yeah, little known fact. That’s why you come and visit me, for tidbits of useful information like that.
Okay, it’s true that for the last 2 months or so I have had piles of laundry stacking up with lots of used lavender scented dryer sheets littering the floor. Yes, it was disgusting—I don’t deny it. But I don’t care how disgusting you think I am—don’t tell me about it. I know I’m messy, I have always been messy, and I always will be messy.
I’ve tried to change, but to my chagrin I found that I still set things down and don’t really care if they get picked up right away. Just don’t care. And I like that my car is messy because if I ever need a sweatshirt, I’m almost guaranteed to find one in the backseat. It’s sort of like the time I quit biting my nails, only to find that I truly enjoyed biting my nails, and as it turns out they are much easier to keep clean if they are short.
I’m not saying I’m going to give up. I’m going to fight the good fight of clutter, but if I’m knee deep in laundry again in two months, don’t be surprised.
1 comment:
Can I just tell you that I LOVE this about you!! Although it might have occasionally driven me crazy when we were roomies, I love the fact that you can leave messes for another day and not stress about it! Seriously, I need this trait!! Sometimes I think I miss the really important things, like just enjoying Makenzie's toddler messes because I'm so worried about picking up after her! :) Hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving! I miss you friend!
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