One thing that I normally hate to do in my daily domestic life is go to bed with a dirty kitchen. I just hate to get up in the morning, go into the kitchen to start my coffee....which is such a vital part of my day...and see my kitchen counters full of crap. It usually drives me insane. Partly because it is early in the morning and I am in no mood to clean my kitchen. And I usually do not do it right then. I will have at least 2 cups of coffee and sit in front of my computer for an hour before I even think about doing anything remotely productive...much less clean my kitchen.
There is just something satisfying when I get up and I can make my coffee in clean surroundings. It makes me feel like I've planned ahead. I've kept up with housework and got something accomplished the night before. It may seem silly to think so, but it works for me and I won't question it. Starting my day in a space that is clean and ready to go can be very motivational. It gives me a clean slate to work with for my day.
Last night, though, after dinner, I just was not in the mood. Work had been fine. It wasn't a longer day than normal, but 8 hours of work is still 8 hours of work. I came home and got Squirt out, got the trash out to the curb, did some banking on the computer and then commenced to cooking dinner....beef with broccoli, by the way. It was good :) Still, by the time dinner was over I just was not in the mood to clean up. And Michael also had a long day and needed to chill. He's under deadline on a few projects right now, so I wasn't about to ask him to clean up after dinner. I did ask him, though, if it'd be alright not to clean up tonight, if I could just pile the dishes in the sink and wait until morning. After all, it's his kitchen too. He said that was fine and that was a relief. If it had been a problem, of course I would have done it but it wasn't and I just wanted to relax and watch a movie....which I did, a Miss Marple mystery!
So I get up this morning and am greeted by my dirty dishes. I immediately bypass them for the coffee maker. Not a care in the world about it because I'm not really awake yet. I feed the fish and put food out for the cats outside while the coffee is brewing. I have my coffee and check my email and catch up on a few things. Ah, the morning does go by quickly when you're just sitting around. But now that my coffee is done, I suppose it's time to get up and clean the kitchen. I don't feel guilty about it all and it was totally worth looking at that pyramid of leftover dinner dishes in the sink this morning!
That is all!
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