I’ve said before how difficult weekends are. Since we were gone all day yesterday, I felt pretty justified not doing much. That was wrong. I still need to do the basic daily tasks.
Today I had a very natural thought come into my head. I was going to do a last minute pickup, and makeup for not doing my tasks yesterday. I had to get them done in a set amount of time because we were having a small group meet here tonight.
Then, my 7yo asked me to take his temperature. It was just high enough that we moved the group to another house to be safe. And so I quit picking up.
I’m very frustrated with that. It was so natural to look for this out. What a relief that I don’t have to pick up the house. When in reality all I needed to do is what I’ve been doing every day for the last 9 weeks.
So I went to a meeting, and came home and did my daily tasks. And I’m so glad I did.
As I’ve said so many times, I’m the queen of excuses. But this wasn’t even a legit excuse to not do it. It was just a reason why I didn’t “have” to do it.
Anyway, I:
Made bed. (I did do this this morning.)
Emptied dishwasher. (this afternoon before the temp-taking)
Cleaned kitchen. (done after I knew I didn’t have to)
Swept kitchen.
Checked bathrooms for clutter.
Did a legit 5 minute pickup.
Friday night I did finish folding and putting away a load of laundry. I also wiped down the bathrooms. Didn’t do anything last night but fall into bed.
You’ll probably think I’m weird from commenting on a 10 year old post, but I also know that you think weird is good, lol. I’ve known about you for several years; your posts pop up on my facebook and I’ve checked out this blog from time to time. Something about the new year – I’ve hit that point where I REALLY want to do something about it. So I started your blog from the very beginning and this is how far I’ve made it. I’m trying to add a new non-negotiable every 2-3 days to “catch up” a little. I went ahead and started the diswasher run every night (I’d seen it at point apparently) and it has made a HUGE difference for me. What lead me to write a comment today is the weekend/being sick thing you mentioned. We got a little off kilter this weekend, and it was *noticeable* to me this morning. However, I also noticed that our little bit off kilter in the kitchen was still better than most of our “best” days in the kitchen before. Like you, I need to make sure I don’t let excuses rob my progress, but I’m really thankful that you started this blog, and I’m excited to keep progressing with you. Have a wonderful week, and sorry for the novel, lol. 🙂