Early release is good!

oooh, we might get early liberty on Friday too!

... aw, shit. If we get it, it's only good for regular employees, not contractors. Damn it. ::pouts::

ION, I think I'm going to have to find a doctor. I suspect this thing backed up into my sinuses is going to become a sinus infection. Bleargh.

Heh - I just started FlyLady too, and I totally know what you mean! Except my kitchen sink is a turqoise-ish ceramic that really doesn't "shine" no matter how well I clean it.

She loses me with the wearing shoes inside thing, especially given that my only lace up shoes are sneakers.

She loses me with the wearing shoes inside thing, especially given that my only lace up shoes are sneakers.

She always lost me with that, but now the doctor says I have to wear shoes with inserts ALL THE TIME until this heel heals. It's driving me crazy, but perhaps it's a really perverse way for the universe to tell me to look at flylady again.

She loses me with the wearing shoes inside thing,

Does she encourage that? I kind of skim past the whole "get dressed every day" thing since I figure it's aimed more at people who don't work outside the home. I mean, getting dressed every day is something I have to do no matter how clean & organized my house is.

But I totally agree that wearing shoes inside is a bad idea - if the goal is a cleaner home, leaving shoes outside goes a LONG way to not tracking dirt inside.

The kids went to school! Happiness reigns.

the whole "get dressed every day" thing since I figure it's aimed more at people who don't work outside the home

I can see that -- if I don't have a bra on, I still feel like I'm in my pajamas. But I don't wear shoes around the house, ever. I take my shoes off at other people's houses.

But I totally agree that wearing shoes inside is a bad idea - if the goal is a cleaner home, leaving shoes outside goes a LONG way to not tracking dirt inside.

Agreed!

Though I should have Grace in lace up shoes with her brace all the time. But I usually don't, at least in the house.

Does she encourage that? I kind of skim past the whole "get dressed every day" thing since I figure it's aimed more at people who don't work outside the home. I mean, getting dressed every day is something I have to do no matter how clean & organized my house is.

Well, her whole first week is primarily the shoes thing and the sink. And I don't have a metal sink either, so the "shine" element is sort of moot.

Admittedly, I just looked at the first week, so her assumptions (everyone has a double sink, that's made of metal, shoes/makeup) sort of put me off. But I have been really lazy at home of late and I'm trying to get back on the true path, so I will check out the rest.

Yeah, I've decided to just kind of ignore what I don't like. I realize you're supposed to buy into the whole system and everything, but I'm past needing that in my life. I figure I'll use what works for me and ignore what doesn't.

I'm in the idealistic stage of fall where I believe I'm establishing all these great new habits and my life is going to be so awesome. It's traditional. It gives me enough time to fail, so that I can make new years resolutions to do better.

But along those lines, today I used Electric Sleep to wake me up at 7:30, even though I don't work this week! AND then I cooked breakfast for me and the SO. AND THEN I went out and did my workout before Noom could tell me to. So there! I showed it!

So now I'm getting my coffee and sitting down at the computer about the same time, but with ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS.

I'm sure it will be this easy every single day all year, particularly when I have to get up at 5:30 to drive two hours to work after being up at 1:00 doing facebook chat with distraught students. In the middle of the winter. Uphill. It'll all be just fine.