“All right, engage . . . and hurry. These droids are all over me like a rash.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
Maybe not droids, per se, but definitely dust bunnies. Yes, dust bunnies were all over me like a rash today. I pulled everything out of my closet, wiped down baseboards, reached blindly under the dresser, and got back there behind the headboard of my king-size sleigh bed. *waves arm around to clear a path through the dust* It’s spring cleaning time at the Jedi Academy.
I know not all of you do a spring cleaning. Some of you are so on top of the housekeeping ball that you don’t need to. You probably don’t serve leftovers 2-3 nights a week either. Well, la di frickin da, little miss Becky Home Ec-ie. One room a day is getting deep-cleaned this and next week whether it needs it or not; but let’s not fool ourselves. Every single one of them needs it.
In order to avoid having to think too much about the grit, grime and gestation cycle of dust bunnies, I’ve also been taking some much needed time to spring clean my brain. Extended family dramas were evaluated and put into the proper hazardous waste containers for safe disposal. Un-employment fears have been given their due and then removed to the back burner. Educational and learning ideas are still being tossed around and played with.
- “Ooo, look how far that one bounces!”
- “Oh, too bad. That one has lost a wheel.”
- “Hmm, we seem to have out-grown this outfit.”
- “I think we’re missing a vital part here. Better start looking around for a replacement piece.”
Shelves cluttered to the brink with personal wishes, dreams, fears, goals, and disappointments are currently being cleared, dusted and then sorted to determine which items may stay, which should be donated to someone who will put it to better use, and which must go out with the trash. My brain feels fresher after only two days.
Doing any spring cleaning yourself these days? (or autumn cleaning for those of you in the S. Hemisphere)
We are doing our time to pack and move again cleaning. We are limited on weight, and I am having a hard time deciding if we should keep the books or beds? We do live in Japan, maybe we should just sleep on futons….
The next two weeks are spring break for us, and I’m sure there will be plenty of spring cleaning thrown in. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. But the droids are all over here like a rash as well, so it must be done.
I’m definitely doing spring cleaning. I’m so not on top of the whole house cleaning thing.
I’ve had the cleaning bug bite me too. My poor family wishes I would just let. it. go. but no chance. It’s time!
I’m with you and cleansing oneself of family drama. I’m washing that crap right outa my hair.
Oh yes, I clean. Right now, I’ve got way too many cleaning and decluttering projects going on, but it has to be done. I love how you describe the cleansing of family drama; it has to start somewhere, doesn’t it? Plus, I’ve got the ever-present requests for various sewing projects going on — my Alienslayer kiddo needs new Scarborough Faire clothing, so does my husband, and so does my niece, who now wants to go to the Faire for the first time….ahahahahahah
You are incredibly impressive. I don’t spring clean.
I wait until we have to move furniture around and then vaccum behind stuff and dust things.
As for my bedroom. When I can’t see the floor on my side of the bed for clothes I pick them all up and vow to be tidy from now on. Then I nag DH about how tidy I am and what a piggy wiggy he is and how his side of the room should look like mine and all would be well with the world. Then the cycle starts over.
“Well, la di frickin da, little miss Becky Home Ec-ie.”
Okay, you made my morning. I laughed out loud.
If I’ve named my dust bunnies, does that make it harder to dispatch them to another world?
. . . and your idea of brain spring cleaning is brilliant. I think I’ll join you and do the same.