I don’t know about anyone else, but these days, I feel like my most enduring memory of this staying home / staying safe time will be that of doing dishes. Not because I’m constantly cooking… I'm not. But it feels like I spend All My Time doing dishes.
Now, I know this is not my reality.
I have continued working, sometimes remotely and sometimes not.
I have done laundry, I have grocery shopped.
I’m on my fourth jigsaw puzzle of the lockdown and I’ve re-read my way through two favorite series - the World of the Lupi and Mercy Thompson.
I have cut down, literally, over 400 pounds of brush.
(I know this because we pay by weight when it’s taken for processing.)
I’ve pruned my raspberries, mowed my lawn, and killed a snake.
(One of those things might be related to another…)
I have restored a number of fallen rocks to their home in my stone wall.
I’ve met new neighbors … from socially responsible distances, of course.
I have participated in an online book club.
I have participated in an online book club.
I’ve patched my work jeans.
I have trimmed my bangs.
I’ve discovered a dead possum in my garage,
and a live one sitting shiva over the decaying remains.
I have repaired my garage door.
I’ve attended Porch Parties,
where we space ourselves out 6-ft apart and drink BYO Beverages.
where we space ourselves out 6-ft apart and drink BYO Beverages.
I have, as directed, filmed a dragon encounter and sent the video to my Dom.
So, no. It has NOT been All the Suds, All the Time,
yet it still feels that way.
I'll bet it wouldn't be so bad if I had a cool dish towel...
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My husband mostly deals with the dishes - and the laundry - but they do seem never-ending. Laundry especially.
I guess, though, that when you start feeling all alone and feel like no one is there for you...
Laundry. Laundry is ALWAYS there for you. ;)
*weeps* i feel ya on those dishes.
Possum sitting shiva & filmed dragon encounter; You do good things to the words, my friend.
The thought of the 'possum sitting shiva made me laugh so loud Sweetie came over to ask what was up.
Just as when you are raising kids, the chores just never seem to stop.
F-
And yet, so few of us write songs about laundry.
Poor, maligned laundry... ;-p
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I try to tell myself it's keeping my hands clean... ;-D
(thank you!)
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Well, laughter is good for us, yes?
And yes, the chores are always with us...
:-)
For me, I think it'll be the amount of laundry I *didn't* do. How is it possible that I'm doing less laundry? Or maybe I'm not actually doing less laundry, but compared to the dishes, it feels like less.
I can believe less laundry. Not that it beomes non-existant but I find when I hang around home more often, that's a time or two less that I don't change into "being presentable in public" clothes.
But I'll also support the "feels like less cuz the dishes are MORE!" theory. :-)
You have been busy Jz. Snake? What kind?
A repaired stone wall makes me sigh with hope--strangely, it sounds reassuring to me.
Hope you are keeping your hands moisturised:)
Stay well. xx
Ok, the possum sitting shiva freaks me out a bit, but I want to hear more about the dragon encounter video. Please. And I know that my daughter would agree with you on the dishes. Even when I help. They appear to be never-ending.
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Just a common variety garter snake. I’d feel worse about it except I think it was one of the two that love to get in to my enclosed porch and bask in the sun while scaring the crap out of me. (I hate snakes.) So that takes the edge of the karmic guilt…
I can see how the stone wall works as a symbol. Probably part of my subconscious processing, as well, because I’ve mowed *around* those rocks for a couple of years, only deciding to huck them up this year. I think maybe we’re all looking for hope these days…
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No, I think it’s best to just draw the curtain over the whole dragon story. It did not go smoothly and I was freshly appalled at my appearance. Let’s just stick to the unending dishes, ok?
*b*
I feel like dishes were a major cause of my slave revolt. Not even kidding.
a_k-
I can well believe it. There's a lot of power in the ordinary.
Hi Jz - taken me ages to get here ... I've not been doing a lot sometimes ... hence the tardiness - yet am getting on with doing what I need to do. I haven't been socialising that much - but actually am happy I'm in my bubble ...
Congratulations on getting rid of so much scrub - takes a long time doing gardening things ... poor snake - I have a story about one too - next post probably ... I've avoided some of your things ... eg the porch parties and the book club on zoom - decided I really didn't need extra technology just now ... I have started reading ...
Hope all carries on going well - take care and stay safe - Hilary
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It's not all bad in a bubble, is it? But since I had to support the technology, I had to know how to use it, whether I wanted to or not. (I will not lie, I don't really mind, even if I'm not exactly eager to embrace it.)
I've moved on to my chainsaw out in the yard - hopefully there will NOT be any stories resulting from that!
:-D
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