Baby steps, day twenty-two

It's my first day back to work after furlough. I leave around 7, so I set my alarm for 5, so that I have time for my morning routine and some writing before I have to get out the door. So far, so good. I'm hoping to do some of the quieter cleaning in the morning so James has less to do, and so I can start the day on a productive note. It'll be interesting to see if I'm able to do everything on the morning-routines list before I leave.

Yesterday was the worst pain day in recent memory, but I still managed to do the basics, which brings up this thought: apparently, to me, "the basics" means:

* getting dressed to street clothes
* feeding us real food
* doing at least some of the dishes (James and I have both been pretty good about this; could be better, but pretty good)
* picking up after myself
* keeping the Hot Spots from exploding
* making my lunch for the next day
* making sure the clean clothes are put away and the dirty clothes are in the hampers

I've been slacking on the decluttering for the past few days, but because I did so much of it for two weeks, the whole place is easier to keep clean. Still, I'm going to get back to the fifteen-minutes-a-day thing because the job is not yet done. Oh, Freecycle, how I love you. (And I have TONS of clothes to give away; starting today, I'll take a bag a day to my co-worker, and if she doesn't want them, I'll donate them.)

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Day Twenty-two: [ad for her pre-fab Control Journal, and then] All the BabyStep directions are on the website, too, in the FLYing Lessons. Learn how to build your own control journal in 15 steps.

I'm going to work on this today. So far, it contains my morning and evening routines, a copy of the Amsler Grid I use to test my eyes, and that page of "inspiration". I'd like it to be more robust, because it really is helping me to have something tangible to look at when I need motivation to do the next thing.

Hmm. Making my bed will not work in the mornings, because there's someone in it. I'll have to put it on a new "getting home from work" routine checklist. I'll go do that now.

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Okay, I did that and managed everything on my morning routines except the fifteen minutes of decluttering, which really makes more sense to do when everyone's awake. I think getting up early is going to work out. And I'm going to add "get some writing done" to my morning routines, because otherwise, I spend all this extra time in the morning goofing off and slowly working through the morning routines, when I would really like to get some work done on my writing.

I almost cried

Landlady: I’m gonna put a washer and dryer in your place soon. Let me know when it’s a good time for me to come and look at the space.

Me: Oh, come on in.



The place is clean. On short notice, not because we cleaned like maniacs for the previous 24 hours. James even made the bed when he got up, so when she wanted to look at the floors to get an idea of the new tile situation, I also could say, blithely, Come on back!

I swear I’m getting kind of choked up.

Now, we did have to clear out the storeroom to make room for the washer/dryer, but I freecycled or tossed a bunch of what came out, so it'll be easier to maneuver back there anyway.