We leave for vacation on Thursday afternoon (can't wait!!). This morning Josh took Ben out for a couple hours of running errands and playing at the park so that I could ...clean. I scrubbed the kitchen floor (now blessedly free of sticky oatmeal splotches and the like!), cleaned the dining room laminate, scrubbed the bathtub, sink, and toilet, quick-mopped the bathroom floor, cleaned and vacuumed Ben's room, and managed to have myself showered in time to greet husband and son (and pizza!) at the door for lunch.
Call me crazy, tell me I have my priorities out of order, but this seems to be my habit: I spend a LOT more time cleaning my house prior to vacation than I do packing for said vacation. That's right, folks, I spend my precious last minutes changing sheets and wiping down sinks rather than making sure I packed the infant Tylenol or my toothbrush. I have a good reason, I think. I'd much rather arrive at vacation exhausted (and more than ready to relax!) but have a clean house to come home to.... than leave for vacation all packed, neatly labeled, not-a-thing-forgotten with my house a wreck. I can't imagine a worse feeling than walking into your home sweet home after a looooooong drive, with mountains of laundry in tow, and noticing that the sink is dirty, the toilet is in need of a scrub, and there are globs of toothpaste in the sink.
This little idiosyncrasy of mine drives Josh crazy, for more than one reason. I'm sure he doesn't enjoy the frenzy and flurry before leaving, and I know he doesn't like arriving anywhere having forgotten something stupid. But I am willing to bet that he DOES enjoy walking into a clean house when we return home!
That said, I'm off to dust and polish my dresser... :)
6 comments:
i do the SAME THING!! (& it drives mitch just as crazy.)
Ha ha! I love it!
I also do the same thing! I LOVE coming home to a clean house though. Why go on vacation and them come home and have to clean? It's like, you've been GONE, how can the house get dirty, the lastt think you want to do is clean when you get home. I find having parties and going on vacation is what makes me clean my house like crazy.
You are not crazy in the least. I agree 100% :)
I'm a cleaner before vacation as well! Hope you're having a great time and didn't forget anything :)
I know about your blog through Beth Bojarski and I just want to say AMEN! I do the exact same thing, and my husband doesn't understand, either!
Cinnamon Martin
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