If you're following Project Simplify at all, you can go here to see the details on this week's hot spot. It's the pantry and fridge. Something already on my mind for this week, because the fridge definitely needs some things emptied out, and I need to reorganize my pantry to accommodate some of the things we put together last Friday. So that's a bonus. It's almost like this whole project is sympatico with what I need to get done before baby boy arrives, or something.
The triumph I felt last week at completing my other household projects has dramatically faded. In fact, the house is in need of a good pick-up, trash-toss, vacuum-floors, wash-dishes clean-up. I hope to do it today. It's really not that terribly bad, it just looks that way. Five minute clutter-busters in each room should do the trick. Ok, the dining room might be a ten-minuter clutter-buster. And then, maybe, finally, I will be able to exalt in a temporarily completely clean house. I'd love to have that feeling just once before Simon arrives.
Speaking of the Little Man arriving, he doesn't seem too interested. There was a day last week where I admit, I got a little over excited and thought maybe, just maybe, it was starting. False alarm. And no indications of otherwise since. I suppose that's ok: I'll cherish these last few days of just Eliza and me, as we will likely have very few of those again as she'll be the first to go to camp, first to go college, maybe the first to get married (my younger sister certainly beat me down the aisle). I have to stop that, as I don't really want to think of letting her go right now. I can also use the time to get in those last pushes to clean. I keep hoping for a huge burst of energy to do it all, but that never really came with Eliza and so I don't expect it with Simon. But that would be nice: maybe then I could actually go into labor. People are telling me to take it easy, and I do, but boy... sometimes it's tempting to push a little too hard if it will start the process going.
There has been no coffee in this house for weeks now. This is not a triumphant statement. I substituted chai, and that wasn't too much of a sacrifice, seeing how much I love chai. But now there is no chai. I even went to the store yesterday to get some, and that blasted store didn't have any but the wrong kind. I don't know how often I'll go there. I don't need a warm caffeinated drink (or even a cold one in the summer) to get going. But I do admit, it has become part of my routine, and following your routine is not only comforting but helps you organize your mind. Especially when you are not remotely a morning person, like me. I so wish I had a cuppa-cuppa right now to hold in my hand and sip from while I enjoy the fact that Eliza is sleeping late. Heavens parting, angels singing, it's so rare that she does this! Still, we are waiting for coffee we ordered to arrive in the mail, and then hopefully mornings will be doable again.
However, I've come to the end of my household tidbits. So maybe I will wake Baby Girl up so we can have breakfast and get to our activities on time, and just maybe enjoy a brief snuggle on the couch before we do.
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