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I have been trying to get my home in order lately and started with a major cleanup last weekend. I did some mopping, some scrubbing, some dusting, and some vacuuming but there is still more work to be done. This weekend, actually just 30 minutes ago, I had Stanley Steamer come out and do my carpets in my formal dining room, my living room, and my bed room. The house is starting to look like someone actually lives here and wants to take care of their stuff.
I have more to do. My office is atrocious. My guest bedroom could use a lot of attention as well. Hopefully I can get these rooms presentable, dusted, cleaned up, etc. and start living like a normal human being again. I’ve been through a lot emotionally lately and have kind of let things go to pot (not the plant that people smoke).
I am getting really excited about getting my house in shape. It makes me feel good when my place looks nice. Hell, it makes me feel even better when my house smells good. Imagine that! It is starting to make me feel like I am alive again. I like that feeling as I have felt “dead” for many months now and am ready to live and enjoy life again.
With my house looking nice and being halfway presentable in the main traffic areas, I have been inviting people over to enjoy it with me. I am trying not to be an introvert any longer and am actually attempting to make contact with the outside world. Not just in their homes or out in public, but actually inviting them into my home to enjoy it with me. I have a nice house (in my opinion) and want to share this comfortable place to hang out with others. Plus, I need to get my monies worth out of it. I pay good money to stay here and I might as well “live” here while I’m paying it.
Speaking of “living here”. My grandmother kicked me out of her house back in high school. The night she kicked me out she said to me: “You don’t live here, you just stay here.” I have never really understood that until only recently. I want to live in my house, enjoy those around me, be alive on the inside, and not just “stay” somewhere or be a passerby. I want to be established, feel comfortable with where I am and make something of myself.
So, it is going to take time. I have some personal things to work through, true, but the efforts I am making to take care of my stuff, my home, and myself will allow me to achieve dealing with those things easier, if not in a more timely fashion, I believe. I look forward to learning from my mistakes in the past. I am glad I have the enjoyable times of my past to give me hope. I am glad I have experienced some things in the past that will make me stronger in the future. Here’s to life!
Until next time…
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March 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 AM
Good for you! I’m glad that things are starting to “shape up” in more ways than one!
FromMarch 3rd, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Yeah, things are shaping up in more than one way. Like I said, I have a lot left to do but I do feel like I am making progress!
Jeff
FromMarch 3rd, 2007 at 4:29 PM
I can tell you are making progress. I think that you’re doing really well.
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