Spring Cleaning

I’ve been making a pros and cons list for moving back home after I graduate. I’m trying to think about how different it will be. Will there be a lack of freedom, more arguments, fewer arguments, better food? During all of my long breaks, I was living at home, but there was always a deadline. Three weeks here, three months here, and if things got annoying I played my “I’m going back to my apartment” card. This summer, it will be much different. I’m not going anywhere once September rolls around. I’m going to eventually find an apartment in New York, but that could be a year down the road (NYC is expensive!), so I know I’ll be home to stay, at least for six months or so.

My list reads something like this:

Pros
No Grocery Bill
No Rent (I hope!)
My big bed ☺
Better location
Lots of family/friends
Cleanliness!
New York, New York, New York

Cons
Less Privacy
Potential of more arguments with the Family
Sharing a bathroom with Scottie
Feeling less independent
No BLENK Roommates ☹

Number six on the pros list is cleanliness. This is a big pro for me! Sure, my bedroom has been known to get cluttered and clothes find their way to the floor instead of the closet, but clutter can easily be picked up. I’m talking about actual cleanliness. I went downstairs to find B cleaning our kitchen this morning. I cannot tell you how grateful I was! Our kitchen was disgusting. Even the grossest person on the planet would see it and say, “Wow, you ladies need to clean.” We are all to blame, but the frustrating thing is how it never stays clean. My plan is to travel to Target next Friday and buy a ton of cleaning supplies for the spring. Since all of my work will be completed by next Friday, and I’m not leaving Columbus until Monday, it’s a perfect weekend to give “spring cleaning” a new name. Hopefully it will stay clean until I arrive back from Spring Break on the 29th of March…wishful thinking?

My room needs lots of work as well. The dust traps really easily here, so I’m dusting it from top to bottom. I’m going through my entire desk, my entire closet, and all of my boxes and reorganizing. I’m tackling our bathroom, living room, and kitchen as well. Not to make anyone nauseous, but the last time we mopped our kitchen floor it was black. Since then I rarely enter my kitchen without wearing socks…I’m not kidding! I’m literally afraid to see what the floor looks like this time. This has the potential to be a weekend long event, but I’ll have the time, and it needs to get done!

So back to the pros of living at home: Our kitchen floor is NEVER black, our living room carpet does not have food crumpled on it, the house gets dusted and the bathrooms are always clean. I think I’ll enjoy living at home again for a while…even if I am sharing a bathroom with a 16 year-old boy. ☺