I spent most of the day cleaning. I'm not talking about the mop the floor, dust the cobwebs kind of cleaning. I'm talking about the drag out all the crap crammed under the bed and stashed in the corner of closet and throw away those papers you still have from high school for some unknown reason kind of cleaning. The kind of cleaning that leaves you standing in the middle of the room and staring at the final pile of crap dumbfoundedly as if you only have half brain cell left . . . for fifteen minutes. Then, you realize that you've been standing there for a very long time but you haven't even blinked.
So, yes, it was exhausting, but also strangely revitalizing. Everything is in a different place and looks so organized and neat. It's exciting in some kind of obsessive compulsive, Adrian Monk sort of way. And I'm sure I will glean hours of enjoyment from this experience in the weeks to come when I need something and can't find it in the place it used to be, though I know it's got to be in a very logical place because why else would I move it except to put it in a more logical place? Unfortunately, I won't be able to find it until much later when I decide to clean again and relocate it to an even more logical place.
Anyway, it's about time for the KU game (I don't want to hear it, Math Buddha, so you can keep your comments to yourself), so I've got to get going.
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And of course, you'll revel while you reorganize all your stuff when it comes time to painting and redecorating. Fun!
-l42
Okay, so the first day I walked into school I told students as they leave the classroom they need to put their books away right side up. It drove me nuts student teaching at State Street when they put their books away upside down, with the binding facing out, any which way... So, I told them "you need to put your books away correctly, or watch me go a little crazy." And one little boys said "You're just like Monk." And I said "yes I am. Put your books away right." :)
L
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