I got Shubi slurping baby rice cereal mixed with warm water every few hours. This has stayed down and kept her hydrated. I think the antibiotics are starting to take hold as her fever is finally down. Whew! She knows how to scare the daylights out of me. Still, I will be happy when she is running all over the house again, as she normally does.
In-between bowls of rice cereal, I was trying to clean the house. After 2 1/2 weeks of doing no house work, the place was a real disaster and a friend is coming to visit who has never seen my house before. So, I really don’t want the place to look too bad.
I started to get sort of manic about the cleaning and had to remind myself that sanding the wood floors and refinishing them was really not considered housework.
So, tomorrow I will wash the wood floors and then not look at them.
Because I was busy with “work”, I tossed a tape into the VCR and recorded my favorite Saturday morning BBC America shows for viewing later.
I sat down at lunch and started to watch “Changing Rooms” and “House Invaders” and “The House Doctor” and suddenly I felt I should be painting the walls and rearranging the furniture!
Once again I had to remind myself that repainting, reorganizing and remodeling the house is not cleaning. And today I am simply cleaning the place.
My friend has never been here. She lived near me when I lived in Florida. She is a good house keeper. I am a comfortable house keeper. Let’s face it. With three dogs and a husband who is retired and home ALL the time, my house does not stay clean. In fact I can do a complete deep clean and five minutes after I finish the house looks like I did nothing. So I happily live in a state of minor chaos.
I dream of the day when I might have just a bit more order in my life, but somehow, I doubt that it will happen in this life.
I do hope that Shubi is feeling better. Our thoughts are with you.
GOOD GOD! Sanding the floors! That is so NOT cleaning. That is MAJOR house repairs. Don’t you HIRE someone to do that stuff? I am going to make a terrible homeowner. The most I can do is paint!