I Like Lists

For instance, currently I have a list of things I need to do tonight:

1. Mop my bathroom floor
2. Vacuum my entire house
3. Clean my kitchen
4. Clean my fridge

What I don't like is that lists often reveal something you'd prefer not to think about. For instance, this list above reveals that:

1. I don't clean my house often enough.
2. I care more than I ever thought I would about the state of my domestic surroundings.
3. I'm contemplating cleaning on A SATURDAY NIGHT.
4. There's nothing to put IN my fridge once it's clean.

But these assumptions don't take into consideration the fact that:

1. I am going on a cleaning binge because I know I am coming up to a busy and hopefully very fun week.
2. I haven't previously cleaned because I have, you know, a job and a degree and friends.
3. Sometimes, you just need a night of mundanity.
4. And doing grown up things like cleaning...well, they kind of make you feel like a grown up. And that can be cool.

Not one for pictures

So I'll try and tell you with my words.
This week has been:
-successful
-rushed
-temperamental
-a wake up call
-rewarding
-a little lonelier than usual
-which in turn makes it: introspective
-peppered with love
-cleansing
-mundane
-expensive?
-repetitive
-foundation testing
-bitching, in that good way
-a gentle reminder that you don't always get what you want - someone else does.
-warm enough for shorts.

From my bed

I can see, on my desk (left to right):
Pile of books, including but not limited to: Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor, books on Leonardo Sciascia, Good Weekends Away, The Actor's Handbook, Trinny and Susannah's Survival Guide, possibly an Italian dictionary
Un-given 21st birthday present for a close friend
File stack
Picture of self + high school besties
Stack of ancient CDs recently relistened to, topped off by empty money box
PAU Graduation paperweight
Very very very very very lovely anniversary present(s) from even more lovely boyfriend
Rosehip oil
Two empty wine bottles holding candles
Pen holder matching money box
Green clutched gifted to self by generous if stylistically questionable mother
Rarely used enormous old iMac
Vitamins: B complex, C, Multi, Omega3
Earring display rack
Oil burner holding all the keys except the ones I actually use
Pile of stickers from work topped off by actual keys
Eucalyptus oil

Meanwhile, I'm doing my readings in bed, with waterbottle, tissues and today's shirt in grabbing distance. Reckon that tells you lots of what you needs to know.