House In Order, day 1

[cjsmith]

- Signed a big pile of financial papers Rob put in front of me. Yes, they were a good thing; yes, it counts toward the challenge.
- IMMEDIATELY FILED the one piece that should stay with me. In the CORRECT folder, which is even LABELED (my bugaboo).
- Discussed interior decorating improvements with Rob in preparation for his meeting with a decorator type person tomorrow. (I can't be there because she only works during work hours. I am amazed she gets enough business to stay afloat, if her entire clientele is people without day jobs.)
- Folded one load of laundry and put another in the dryer.

That was well over a half hour. It just happened that there was a lot to do tonight. The decorator and the paper signing both needed to be tonight, plus I was out of socks. Still to do tonight: litterbox.

I am starting to suspect that what this will REALLY teach me is how much time I already spend doing this stuff.

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[moriamerri.livejournal.com]

I hope this doesn't sound mean (it is not meant meanly) but I wondered when I read about the plan whether 1/2 hour was more than maintenance cleaning. And there are follow-up thoughts here like if it turns out she can accomplish a lot in 1/2 hour a day then WHAT'S MY PROBLEM? Or, can I somehow learn to clean with a magic wand -- or something --

I have a LOT of difficulty distinguishing maintenance cleaning from "improvement" cleaning. I think this is complicated actually -- and can change over time (sort of like fitness -- if you get fitter you have to swim faster for the same level of workout. If the house's level of "clean" is pretty sloppy then a lot of things count as "improvement" that would be "maintenance" if I raised the bar a bit.) Maybe that is all just TOO complicated to even care about?

Anyway, I have trouble telling if I am "making progress" or "treading water". :(