This idea shamelessly stolen from missrachael: Your life, uncen

[kellinator]

"Do you ever feel like everyone else is much better than you are at the business of everyday life - that other people don't have to brush cat litter off their feet before they get into bed, and other people's children don't have dressers with one drawer that won't open (because their mothers were smart enough not to buy their nursery furniture at IKEA), and other people can manage to cook tasty, healthy food for their families every day without spending too much money on groceries, and still have time to do the laundry too?

Do you feel like this makes those people's lives not just more convenient than yours, but also morally superior to yours?

I didn't think so, but I am crazy that way, so help me out for a minute here. Please comment and tell me about one detail of your life that is completely out of control."

I'll start:

My apartment is a disaster area. I wouldn't even dream of having anyone over, and my mom would disown me if she saw it. Despite the special covered litter box with the litter catcher and the special mat underneath, the cats track litter everywhere, and even our clean clothes are covered with a layer of cat hair, because they like to sleep in the laundry basket, which is usually where I pitch the clean clothing. There are currently three days' worth of dishes in the sink, since James is not doing so well on his side of the chores since he started the 56-hour workweek (not that I expect him to; that's a lot of work) and I'm just lazy. The sad part is it's much better than last week's dishes, which took a full hour of my weekend. I'm constantly misplacing things and taking hours to find them, and the saddest part of all is that even though it makes me depressed to look around, I just can't find the motivation to clean and organize it, especially knowing we'd all just mess it up again anyway.

Your turn.

Comments

[captain-mayhem.livejournal.com]

I can't, or at least, am not willing to share my weaknesses.
However, I feel your pain. It's not that anyone is lazy, only meant for things greater than being on hands and knees with a scrubber.
Don't let anyone make you feel like you are under their standards just because your standards are different.
Internally, you are much more organized where externally, most need a front for what really goes on inside them...it's a facade of control to hide where they completely lack any.

I've been to your place, and it's nothing I can't take care of.
Get me boxes, drugstores/grocery stores always have more than the crushers in back can handle.
Get me boxes in vast amounts.
Cleaner - if I can come back and assess the job again, I'll know what cleaners we need.
For now, get the boxes, then get back to me.

See ya!