Like Dumping a Junk Drawer on a Trampoline

The title is a reference to the thoughts in my head…I saw a meme once that said that and I thought “perfect – that’s me exactly.”

This is the time of year that we are pretty slow at work. I already only work part time – usually 3-4 days a week – but right now I’m only working 1 or 2 days a week. While I enjoy the down time and slower pace, it is really hard for me to motivate myself when I don’t have a schedule. It’s like I just can’t focus and if I don’t have any where I HAVE to be or go, I tend to get lazy. All that to say that I was supposed to work today (would’ve been the first time I’ve worked since Sunday) but my boss texted me and said she is sick and didn’t think I should come in. She said she doesn’t want me to get what she has and she needed to rest anyway; since that super wicked flu is going around, I appreciated that.

So, I had an unexpected day off. I tried to be productive and I did get a few things done but not nearly as much as I should have gotten done. I did two loads of laundry, dust mopped the whole house, made a few phone calls, cleaned the cat litter and did some more organizing in the office. Our house really needs some purging and organizing and I’m completely overwhelmed. I wish I could hire a professional organizer. So I’ve been trying to just do little bits every time I have a day at home. So far I’ve cleaned out the pantry, 3 or 4 kitchen cupboards, all of my make-up, underneath the bathroom sink and I’m slowly going through all of my craft stuff.  I’ve thrown a lot of stuff away and gave even more to Goodwill. I’m just tired of having so much STUFF that takes up so much room and that I never even use. We have a LOT of storage in this house and there is no reason for there to be ANY clutter. One of the reasons we bought this house was because it has so much storage – but yet I can’t even park in the garage because it’s so full of STUFF. That’s just wrong. We have a two huge storage rooms in our basement, big closets in every bedroom, storage under our deck outside, an office which we basically use for storage….it’s ridiculous. It doesn’t help that my husband keeps buying more stuff but never throws anything away.

So, I’ll definitely be working tomorrow. We have a delivery to make and I told my boss I could do it by myself if she isn’t feeling any better. Depending on what time we get done working, I may go visit my niece. I haven’t seen her and her kids since Christmas and I miss those little critters!