Gee, I'm SICK today

[katcorvi]

Amazing how that happens. I decided to call in sick as this house is a frickin' trainwreck, I haven't sorted my checkbook since March (not balanced or reconciled, mind ya as that's too analytical), and there are bills to be paid, bathrooms to be cleaned, bedlinens to change, and not to mention the general clutter that always overruns us.

Comments

[noelleleithe]

Your day sounds like my weekend will. I must whip my new place into shape so I don't have to shove things out of the way when the movers show up with my furniture and the piles and piles of boxes that go along with it.

Of course, there will be no bike riding -- it seems I have a nice helmet but no actual bike -- but I will definitely go for a walk or two. As long as it's not pouring, which is a definite possibility.

[katcorvi]

We need to get you a bike to go with that nice helmet. A crying shame that you don't have one. Of course, with all the rain you've been getting, it's the time to be a couch potato.

Glad you got your stuff in Atlanta all packed up and sent north. Here's hoping that you get everything ready before the movers arrive.

[timesink]

I need to bike less and clean more

But it's all about the bike!

[katcorvi]

Yeah, really it is. Haven't turned on the Giro today as the contractors are banging away right by the tv, nor have I gone to cyclingnews.com to see who took the stage, but in less than an hour I'm meeting Julie and we'll ride, ride, ride. I'm happy to say that the toilet in our bathroom is sparkly clean and smelling like Clorox bleach! Life is so damn good.

At least your toilet's clean.

[lindah]

Poor Kat! What a total drag about the messy house. How was the bike ride? I was just biding my time, letting my dinner settle and the heat die down before I go out for a ride myself, and now it's freakin' thundering. I can't win. You'd love it--it was 93F today, 17% humidity. I went for a walk at 1 p.m. and sizzled.

So this explains why you didn't answer my email to your work addy today--which was nothing message anyway, just to share a laugh. Is this too long for a comment? I'm really quite pig-ignorant, you know.

And what contractors? What haven't you told me?

Linda

Re: At least your toilet's clean.

[katcorvi]

Sorry you didn't get your ride in yesterday.

We've taken out the fireplace and the window and door on either side and replaced it with a humongous French, sliding door. Opens right onto the deck and is lovely. Yesterday the put in the door. Today they'll probably finish that up, but the roof is still torn up and the siding on the back of the house needs to be replaced. There's a fine layer of dust everywhere.

As for being pig ignorant, join the club. But that hasn't stopped me from diving right into the deep end. ;)

[loveanddarkness]

First, hooray that we have sucked you into the madness that is LJ. Muuuuuahhahahahhaha.

Second, I have a housekeeper. I have since the days when I was a busy professional, and kept her even when I was not particularly busy nor professional. I would whore myself on the street to pay my housekeeper if I had to. I'm not particularly good at keeping house and I don't like doing it, yet it must be done. That's my solution. Another solution is: do the minimum that keeps you sane, and let everyone figure out that you're not Martha Freaking Stewart.

Third, when you're on your deathbed, some day many decades from now, are you going to say "Wish I had spent more time dusting?" or "Glad I spent time on my bike, with my dogs, with my horses, with John, with friends!" If you have that sort of priority in mind, I think your life is pretty much clarified.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{KAT!}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Those are hugs just on general principles.