Just gettin' my shit together
Nov. 16th, 2003 06:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonWell, so far I've spent a lot of this weekend just getting my shit together, doing random chores and cleaning. My visit to R's on Thursday really reminded me that there is another way to live in a space, a way that keeps the surfaces clean and the place ready for guests. And it's true that I can't get this place as nice as hers (just not enough storage), and it's also true that I tend to keep a place a lot nicer if it's just mine (I've kind of used the fact of living with HLM as a reason an excuse for why I can't keep the place clean). However... let's look at the facts. We both get the place messy, and while it's equal in some places it's much more my fault in others, and I'm the one who gets driven nuts by the results. I would be driven much less nuts if the mess level went down by 50%. Pop quiz... who should change her habits?
It's me, yeah me, (singin' I hate messy rooms, gimme little time and I'll clean it, baby...)
Sigh. I realize how many truly essential habits I don't have in place. So many times I'll leave small bits of trash on the counter or table, or I won't put something away when I'm done with it, or whatever. I hereby promise to change that!
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bluechromis came over for a while today--she caught me running frantically towards home as I was trying to get there before her after waiting forever for the bus--pretty funny! We ate roasted chestnuts and had a great talk, including (as always) sex tips. Yay for passing things on, and yay for things to try out! She invited me to dinner, and it was tempting, but I decided to stay here and eat leftovers, fold laundry, do dishes and generally Be Good. Well, the place is pretty clean. So now I have around four hours to stretch and then be productive/creative in some way... hmm, the blank evening stretcheth before me like the proverbial blank sheet of paper. What to write, what to do?
I would work on condo shopping if it weren't for the sad likelihood that the condo ain't happening until HLM gets a job. Very sad, that... I just never knew they counted current income so heavily in the decision process of handing out mortgages. But our current down payment plus my income just isn't enough unless we can get a "no-doc" loan for about $100K to supplement the loans I do qualify for, or unless some of the kind people willing to lend me $200K at 4% are willing to lend me $300K at a higher interest rate. Sigh... well, we haven't given up yet, and it will be all right even if we have to wait. There are good aspects to this, they just aren't financially good.
And Ian Anderson on the stereo sings Stay with me and learn the secret language of birds. Um, if you'll keep singing to me in that voice, I do believe I will!
It's me, yeah me, (singin' I hate messy rooms, gimme little time and I'll clean it, baby...)
Sigh. I realize how many truly essential habits I don't have in place. So many times I'll leave small bits of trash on the counter or table, or I won't put something away when I'm done with it, or whatever. I hereby promise to change that!
bluechromis came over for a while today--she caught me running frantically towards home as I was trying to get there before her after waiting forever for the bus--pretty funny! We ate roasted chestnuts and had a great talk, including (as always) sex tips. Yay for passing things on, and yay for things to try out! She invited me to dinner, and it was tempting, but I decided to stay here and eat leftovers, fold laundry, do dishes and generally Be Good. Well, the place is pretty clean. So now I have around four hours to stretch and then be productive/creative in some way... hmm, the blank evening stretcheth before me like the proverbial blank sheet of paper. What to write, what to do?I would work on condo shopping if it weren't for the sad likelihood that the condo ain't happening until HLM gets a job. Very sad, that... I just never knew they counted current income so heavily in the decision process of handing out mortgages. But our current down payment plus my income just isn't enough unless we can get a "no-doc" loan for about $100K to supplement the loans I do qualify for, or unless some of the kind people willing to lend me $200K at 4% are willing to lend me $300K at a higher interest rate. Sigh... well, we haven't given up yet, and it will be all right even if we have to wait. There are good aspects to this, they just aren't financially good.
And Ian Anderson on the stereo sings Stay with me and learn the secret language of birds. Um, if you'll keep singing to me in that voice, I do believe I will!
As we know, they worked...
Date: 2003-11-17 10:10 pm (UTC)Re: As we know, they worked...
Date: 2003-11-18 03:29 pm (UTC)I'm getting pretty worried about getting someone to take my apt. Let me know if you have any success posting anywhere.