Spring Clean

I am REALLY missing having a properly functioning, clean kitchen to make my food in. It’s surprising how much having a crap hole for a kitchen has put me off preparing proper meals with fresh ingredients. I love my cooking, and I can’t remember the last time I did some baking. We seem to be living with a constant thin coating of dust everywhere, and each room has either bits of car piled up in the corner, or a scattering of tools and implements cluttered about the place.

(Saying all this, Rich actually undertook a massive cleaning session, having FINALLLLLLYYY finished doing all the filling on the new kitchen ceiling. But then he announced that he still had some sanding to do. Which means more dust. I shouldn’t complain, living with a perfectionist of sorts (after all, he’s in relationship with me so he can’t be THAT much of a perfectionist) does have lots of bonuses - he may take close to forever to complete a task, but he always does a good job. )

For this reason, my house has slowly but surely declined into a pless than favourable place to spend the majority of my time. I hate it - I hate living like this. I get up in the morning and hover in the doorway of the kitchen or living room and cast my eye over the mess. Then I turn on my heel and think about all the things I can do outside or away from the house - unashamedly procrastinating and putting off the inevitable. Yes. I think it’s time I did a proper spring clean. I need to, otherwise I’m going to be swallowed up into a pit of despair, cat fluff and dust.

Working from home is great - generally I can get up when I want to, I can structure my day in a way that suits me. I can take breaks at will (and at leisure), and being flexible makes life so much easier in many ways. But despite being a complete and utter homebody, being at home for prolonged periods of time, *especially* when I’m living in (relative) squalor, is actually quite dispiriting. So it’s time I bit the bullet, pull my finger out, pull my socks up and got to it. Just going to watch some Neighbours and have lunch first. And maybe get some work done. Then I might go down to the allotment. Oh, and then I really want to do some seed sowing. Then I’ll do it.