marydell | Parts of the house are clean!

We had a miraculous day in which we did not have social plans, I did not have more than about 3 hours of job-related stuff to do, Mike only had one errand to run, and Charlie decided to be cooperative and delightful all day. The result is that I swept and scrubbed--not just swiffered!--the floor of the library (aren't we fancy? Really it's an unfinished quarter of the basement--but a nice one) and put down some pledge floor shiny stuff that makes it look pretty good, for scratched-up painted concrete. Then I moved all the boxes of crap that I'm sorting through out of my study (another quarter of the basement) and into the library, and I put two new entertainment thingies for Charlie in the study. That, in turn, meant that I got to do my 3 hours of work while I was looking after Charlie instead of having to wait until Mike was available to watch him. And thus Mike managed to clean the kitchen and upstairs bathroom while I worked. And Charlie had a great day, in which much screeching and smiling were accomplished.

Half of the house is still an utter wreck, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. And I can see the surface of my desk! Yay.