Day four has brought about some new challenges – the dogs are confused as to why we are around so much, cramping their space.
Admittedly I’ve stayed in my pajamas all day.
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I am also starting to imagine that I live in a filthy house.
I know this is not true, but Cornovirus has made me overly paranoid.
I am bit of an OCD freak, but it seems that when you stay at home for longer than a day you REALLY start seeing the dust, the chipped paint and the menace of dog hair – everywhere!
While at home one also seems to use a heck load of crockery, and the most frequently asked question is, “What are we going to have for breakfast/lunch/supper?’
A lot of time and energy is channeled into ‘managing the fort’, and I don’t know about you, but I seem to be eating more and feel ‘snackish’ – all the time. I have also lost track of time or what day it is.
So my day four mission was to clean the house – which began promptly at 8am and went onto about 6pm, I think.The house was turned upside down, and the dogs were sent to spend the day in the front garden.
If anyone has ever tried to clean a house with a pack of seven dogs, they would know, it’s virtually impossible
The housework game plan turned from an “I’ll just do a quick sweep and wipe” into a spring clean and then into a deep clean. I was washing floors twice – the second time with a detergent.
As I progressed, I started to realise just how untidy the cupboards were and how every window in the house needed to be polished. “Wax on, wax off” – the sweat dipping from my brow.
I had a serious arm and leg workout. Come to think of it, I must have burnt off around 3 000 calories – or so I’d like to think! Now I understand how they can rate housework and gardening as an exercise.
I never sat down once – staying focused on the goal: kitchen – do a load of washing – bedroom – do a load of washing – bathroom.
This marathon of cleaning confused the hounds who kept spying on mom – deeply concerned – and shooting me that ‘when will things ever be normal’ kind of look!
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