Man, i think I’m finally kicking this stupid sickness. I’m de-cruddifying my poor head.
But, this being spring, it’s time for the annual de-cruddification ritual known as spring cleaning. For me that means (dunh dunh DUUUUUUNNNHHHH) wash day!
Wash day for me is more than just laundry. It’s a giant orchestrated event that involves the hand-washing of every woolen and handwash only wearable I own all at once. It’s usually more than one day, since I only have so much drying space in my apartment. One day it’ll be summer viscose and rayon dresses, one day outerwear, one day sweaters, one day accessories. I always do this before packing things away for the summer; that and fresh mothballs make it all less likely to get attacked by carpet beetles.
Maybe this doesn’t sound like a lot, but I assure you - it is. I have probably 20 sweaters alone that are hand-wash only.
So, to facilitate this massive odorous exodus, One thing in particular needs to be ready - the tub. It’s where I do a lot of my laundry, and most of the time scrubbing the bottom is enough. But I decided, no, this year, I’m going to scrub the whole thing. It’s a molded shower-tub thing; standard apartment issue. I got down on my hands and knees (of all things, the night before I got sick), busted out the new scrubbies, and got to work.
Now, I’m not a dirty person. I don’t like dirty. Messy, well, that happens. But I don’t like dirty. So it might be surprising to note that in three and a half years in this apartment this is the first time I’ve scrubbed the whole shower/tub thing. So imagine my surprise when, after all was said and done, I discovered that my lowly shower had some features I wasn’t aware of. Mainly, it’s white. Here all these years I’d been convinced it was beige. Goes to show what a good case of denial can do for you.
Now that my shower is clean, I have to wash my blocking towels and get my living room cleared out. Once that’s done, I’m ready to dive in! I’m looking forward to it. Partially because I got some new Goodwill threads that are going to need a good washing.
Besides the shower, I managed to get most of my bedroom clean, and get a load of dishes done today. I took out four bags of garbage and three recycling (another is ready to go out). I cleaned out the fridge. It was a very productive day, though I didn’t actually get to about 50% of what I wanted to do.
I did, finally, get one thing set though. I’ve been using a Brita-on-tap for the past 5 years; the tap piece belonged to my old psycho roommate; she left it behind. But it’s been squirting and leaking for almost the last year, and I just couldn’t take it anymore, so I bought a new one.

I’m amazed, they come in black now! Anyway, when I took the old one off, it was disgusting. The plastic had wrinkled and contorted in the strangest ways, and there was muck and algae all over it. ::shiver:: All better now! And now with my kitchen clean, it was the perfect time to make cookies.

I can tell you it’s wonderfully liberating to have a clean house. It’s not done yet (is it ever?) but I’m getting there. It reminds me of why I like this place so much. It’s amazing just how big my apartment is when everything’s put away.
Well, that’s it for now. I will have all sorts of other fun stuff to chat about later. But I can’t think in a dirty house!
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