Housecleaning

When my internal life needs re-ordering, I start obsessively cleaning and organizing my living and working spaces (which - as those of you who know me know well - is not usually a priority). My schedule is compulsively organized; my space is not.

In the last two days, the following tasks have been completed:

- Damaged hallway carpet torn out; floor underneath cleaned and partially refinished

- Rest of carpet vacuumed and steam-cleaned

- Livingroom dusted and reorganized; months of old mail and magazines sorted and tossed.

- Bathroom windowsill stripped, de-moulded, and repainted

- Actual food purchased; expired food discarded; fridge reorganized

- Organizer rack for bedroom purchased and assembled

- Laundry from last two trips done

- Office cleaned

On the docket for the rest of the week:

- Filling the aforementioned rack with things currently strewn across my bedroom floor

- Sorting boxes of stuff still unpacked in the guest room after a year and a half of living here

- Donating or tossing about a third of my stuff

- Deep-cleaning the kitchen and bathroom

- Beautifying porch

I don't think I need a therapist to tell me that the internal waters are troubled.