while I was away...

I haven't been to blogland lately. I've barely been able to read, let alone comment or write.

I've had a very busy week. I've been working a lot, and preparing for tomorrow.

You know when you look at your home with an objective eye?

Like the eye of your

mother in law

boss

ex-spouse's new mate

or

dinner guests

You look with that objective eye and say to yourself

holy shit

this place is gross

I gotta do something about it

so you start cleaning in a frenzy

rearranging furniture

throwing shit out

well

that's what I've been doing

you find some interesting things when you clean house and move furniture that hasn't moved in three years

this was under the armoire

that we moved from our room

to Mia's

gross

no wonder I've had a post nasal drip

for the past 6 months

again

gross

Hey, Ms. Moon

I found this buried under magazines

we used it as a votive holder

or dust collector

I know crazy

right?

old picts of young sisters

we still look the same

Ty was so happy that I finally agreed

to part with the dusty fake trees

yes

I have had fake trees

which I don't need anymore

now that I have my

beautiful olive tree

I placed the fake trees in my front yard

so I can look out my windows

and see green

instead of grey and dirty white

I'm crazy like that

The place looks so much better already. Which is good cause tomorrow's the big day.

Not the mother in law

or the boss

or any ex's anything

no dinner guests

tomorrow

the most awesome cleaning lady is coming

I couldn't let her see my super disgusting house

that would be embarrassing

what would she think of me?

So she'll see a house that's only a little bit disgusting

And tomorrow

after drinking a cup of coffee from my scrubbed out coffee machine and peeing in my sanitized toilet

I'll sit in my awesomely clean living room

and look out my sparkling windows at the green trees in my front yard

I'm a lucky girl