2002 Story Set
| July 27, 2002 I went to the TNT Kickoff Saturday morning (only 45 people on the team this time) and only two honorees. My son is one. We were there until 12:15 - and he had no breakfast. We had our Starbuck's Mocha coffees and lots of water. I went to Togo's - and he had a large combo - Sicilian Chicken and I had a regular Black Forest ham and cheese. We discussed which end of the house to start cleaning in - because the health department will come in if I do not clean something up soon! We decided that I would start in the family room - where my younger son has dribbled and spilled and tossed things on the floor - as he straightened out the video shelves. I see a pile of videos on the floor ----- I am not sure why. He also seems to be objecting to the odds and ends that I pile on the shelves for lack of another surface. I eat. He eats. I remove trash from the kitchen since it is spilling onto the floor. I decide to water the front yard. I had run the sprinkler first, then went out with the hose. And since I was outside in the heat and wearing a bathing suit, I HAD to pull a few weeds and pick the first peaches. My tree (a little one) is drooping to the ground with peaches. (They are very good!) I had called for an exterminator for the yellow jackets that are nesting inside the garage wall behind the electrical panel and meter - can't set a time until Monday. So I pissed off the yellow jackets by spraying into the holes with ant poison. And spraying flying insect killer. I pissed them off a few times just for fun. I had also called PG&E and told them to mark the site as dangerous. They do not have a list of recommended exterminators. I found this puzzling since this is, after all, an electrical panel and things could short out. By this time, the boy had fallen over snoozing on the couch. I grabbed a broom and swept the kitchen floor. This requires removing two litter pans (one appears to be leaking) and all the little rugs. This requires hosing the little rugs after spreading them in the entranceway (30' between the addition and the garage). I spray spots on the floor with Clorox CleanUp after refilling the spray bottle and go sweep the hall carpet where it meets the walls. Lots of cat hair and junk collect there. I don't care that the Kirby hugs the wall. You have to sweep. After this assault on dirt, I vacuum. The rug is UGLY with spots and walking trails. His wheelchair had left a trail (rubber tires) and he and the animals have added to it. Not me. I am pristine. (I keep telling myself this.) I decide, since the kid is not in his own room, that I will scrub the floor in full make-up, rubber gloves and bathing suit. Nude floor scrubbing won't work today. I got down on all fours with the pink hospital buckets (great for cleaning now he has stopped throwing up) and scrubbed the kitchen floor. It is white again. I scrubbed the entranceway floor. It is a lighter shade of gray. The kid is up. He has a rash. Backside. Heat? Sweat? He had stopped using baby powder. I only just got him the special Breezies that wick away moisture. Cancer patients are not allowed rashes. I need to get some more powder for him. He showers, and tosses clothes everywhere. Of course. I kick them back off the hall carpet. I move the bills (critical ones paid - the rest to follow shortly) off the box containing the carpet shampooer and put them on the counter - which I cleaned last weekend. I am about to open ---- gasp, shock --- the carpet shampooer! The one I bought myself for CHRISTMAS! LAST YEAR! Horrors! Well - I ASSEMBLED the Bissell Steam Cleaner - a big upright Then I find that the cleaner is in a little holder on the side. LITTLE! And the water is in a small bladder inside the dirty water container. You can clean about 4' x 4' before you must refill - one or the other - if using high-traffic setting. The hall is high-traffic. The rug is now somewhat lighter. - I spot cleaned that massive multi-colored stain in my son's room (he's been growing it) and came down the hall. The water is horribly dirty. Cat hair (after vacuuming) is everywhere. I am thinking about renting a Rug Doctor! With two freeways and three multi-lane streets - I get car dirt like crazy. that black grit that settles everywhere. I am now tired - the kitchen floor sparkles and the cat litter pans are clean. I ate two peaches off my tree - will strip the tree tomorrow. SOOO good - they have juice - where store-bought ones are forced and like straw inside. My arms hurt. I will pay for this cleaning spurt tomorrow. |
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