new year, new standards

Pub in Victoria, British Columbia

photo by me, 2007

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pajamarama

Yes. It is nearly 5pm PST and I am still in my pajamas. With my hair up in a headband. I have, mercifully, washed the mask from my face and brushed my teeth but otherwise I have foregone the getting dressed & made-up in favor of "cleaning" my house.

And here is how that has gone:

• Wiped bathroom sink area, including washing and refilling cool new water carafe & glass
• Dusted dressers, rearranged nightstand objects
• Vacuumed bedroom
• Laundry (almost finished!)
• Scrubbed & filled plastic pool in backyard
• Moved pile of new stuff out to camping box (and discovered wasp colony building a home in the shed - good news!)
• Whittled mountain of junk on kitchen counter to a manageable molehill
• Applied for a job with Camas School District (.2 FTE - I'm not sure exactly how little time that is actually teaching, but I'm game)
• Put away classroom books & supplies (because when they're completely stored and difficult to get at, I will be offered a job)
• Attached white board to Mason's bedroom door
• Wrote to-do lists on kids' white boards
• Reglued spider onto Mason's water cup
• Killed actual spider on the wall (then erased his splattered remains)
• Made name labels for kids' school supplies
• Listened to every Fountains of Wayne album at not-quite-ear-bleeding volume
• Labored over what to wear to Thursday's FoW concert

Oh, and checked my e-mail 47 times. Because I'm crazy. And obsessive. They're different things, right?

What I didn't do (besides bathe):

• Feed my children
• Refrain from lecturing about manners and critical thinking

I think it's been a good day. Tomorrow I shower. And maybe really clean something.