Sj she did have a really big symptom, and then you acted! Even though she said she was fine. When I was in fourth grade I hid Salmonella poisoning from my mom for a while because I wanted to go to swimming lessons! Kids are tricksy.
So now comes the hard part-maintenance. My therapist said I should not keep up my clean all the things every morning routine after the inspection, but instead make sure I invite people over regularly and do the untuck your habitat lists. She liked them. I have Aidan still coming over on Sundays, and my friend Katie from the theatre is visiting after Thanksgiving to drink wine and chat (and help me hoe out the attic, which passed, but I don't need anything that is up there. I have THREE second generation iMacs, two blue and one ruby!
Yay, Sophia! Yes, upkeep can be a thing. You don't get to see big changes and it has to happen on the regular. But it's a lot less work and you get a pleasant living environment out of it.
I'm sorry about the fires, billytea.
Jobhunt~ma, msbelle!
I am hoping that since I had to upkeep for about 2 weeks,it might stick? It just,in 46 years, never became a thing I did. I am better at the big things.
I'm not great at upkeep myself. Inviting people over is one of the few things that motivates me. Luckily we have a social season coming up, and I'll have to clean at least a few times more in 2019.
Every time we clean the whole house for a gathering we say we'll maintain it to that level, and it just never seems to happen.
The other option is a cleaning service, but I think I will wait until Aidan goes to college for that option. I can get an estimate now, because the sign is GONE! But I think the important thing is to maintain accountability. The therapist pointed out that I am not really a hoarder, I am just messy and do not care, and it gets out of hand. And I never learned the skills and live by myself— I would never do this to another person.
Also, amyth if you see this and are up to it, do you know your head circumference, or at least whether you think your head is average? I have read up and several people have accidentally made the hats too big. No stress, I have measured lots of heads, and they are almost all 20 inches, but if you think your head is particularly small or large, let me know!
Sophia, I don't know my head circumference, but it's a little larger than average. But not enormously so. (I hope!) If it's stretchy, I can probably make do with a regular size. Thank you!
ltc: Can I have a snack?
Me: Yes you can have a little packet of cookies but only because you're sick.
ltc: But I'm not really sick.
Me: Then I guess you can't have a snack.
ltc: confused blinking while she tries to decide how much she wants the cookies
t evil mom
