I thought the "spring cleaning" bug was supposed to come in Spring !

I am not sure what came over me in the last two days. I am an organized person, however, I would not say that I was "overly clean" simply because I am always short on time. The last six months of living in Massachusetts, I had a cleaning lady (a homeschooling mom that ran this as her business) come once a week to do the dusting, vacuuming/sweeping of the floors, bathrooms and kitchen floor. It didn't take her long, but saved me HOURS. The compromise when moving to N.VA to make sure we could "live within our means" was that this luxury was dropped ! I think today my husband might just think about "offering it again."

I am not sure what happenen but I snapped this morning.

Yesterday, Shayna and I came home from our "trip" and the house was in complete and utter disaray. Now, this didn't surprise me, because my husband couldn't care less. Shayna was so cooperative (knowing I was about to blow) and helped me clean the "worst of it."

This morning, when I went into Shayna's room - I about lost it. I found EVERYTHING that she was supposed to put away STUFFED in her closet or on the floor in a heaping pile. Maybe I should of been the one to tuck her in last night because I would of found it then. The "it's a science experiment, an art project and the beginnings of a creative timeline" answer didn't work on me. As she was in the bathroom, I attempted to help her find the bottom of the big piles of junk ! My oh my ! What I found there.

Then Shayna and I came downstairs and somehow it was possible that all the cleaning that Shayna and I did in the kitchen yesterday was a mess because after soccer Donnie simply wanted a late night snack ! It looked like the refrigerator exploded !

Everyone in our house (and probably the entire neighborhood) knew that I simply didn't have the time, patience and energy to deal with this. I needed to be out of the house by 8 am this morning to drop Shayna off at a friends so I could WORK today. (I desperately needed to visit some librarians in W.VA) I left the house in an awful mood. I was just in tears. I was probably exhuasted, overwhelmed, etc..... Honestly, I was just so p*ssed ! I had it !

I just got home (six hours later) from visiting librarians etc and walked into a "MUCH MORE" clean house (I know "much more" isn't the best term - but it is what I can come up with). Either my husband hired a house keeper for today without telling me OR he decided to take 20 minutes and pick up the worst before leaving to work today !

I honestly thought the "spring cleaning" bug in me was only supposed to come out with the nicest of spring days once the horrible winter was over. Maybe my seasons are backwards. OR maybe after hanging out with all my Aussie friends from camp, my body believes that I am in Australia where the days of spring are just beginning.

Either way - I am not sure - but I am so glad that Donnie vacuumed the rug !