Housework

Whoever invented this? I mean lets talk about housework for a minute. It never ends, it is tedious at times, it is disgusting at times and it is always repetitive.. It doesn't just include the "work" part though. It also entails the general maintenance and upkeep of said house.

There are the jobs that you don't mind such as oh, loading the dishwasher. Then there are the jobs that you don't like. These include things like laundry and sweeping the floor. After these jobs we get to the jobs that you HATE. I mean with a capital H. Things that you would rather ignore and hope that the little house cleaning fairies that your husband seem to think keep the house clean will do. Now for everyone these things are different but for me it has to be cleaning the drains in the bathroom. EWWW! I mean come on could we not have come up with a better system then making some poor person stick their hand in the drain and pull up a wad of what can only be described as the equivalent to the family dog in hair. Now I am a mom. I have been peed on, pooped on, thrown up on. I can wipe the greenest boogy you can give me using nothing but my pants and without blinking an eye, but please do not make me clean out the drain in the tub. I just about lost my lunch. I mean really how do you now what is actually on there. Ick!

Then there is the making of the beds. Now you and I know that you make your bed every morning. That's just the way things are.Apparently this is not something that some people understand though. The other day as I was making the bed, Colin came in and asked me "why are you even bothering? I mean we are going to mess it up again in a few hours." Now here's the thing. Sometimes Colin makes really good points like this, but, me being me I have got to have an answer for everything. So I said " well you have to make the bed. I mean it makes the sheets much More comfortable." Yes people that is the best I could come up with on short notice. After he left I stood there thinking " why do I bother?". Needless to say I still make the bed even though he has now planted that seed of doubt in my mind.

So there it is folks. That is my take on housework. Now if you will excuse me I have a bed to make.