My grandma always says, “why is your mother so neat but yet you are so messy?’ And despite the fact that I'm always trying to keep things neat and tidy, everything still looks like a mess at the end of the day.
It is not that I don’t like my things to be tidy and neat. I do! Just that sometimes things just happen, right? Lol I know this is a bad excuse but please wait for my explanation first!
Mornings for me are the worst. Every morning I will rush to work, and during this time, I will throw my clothes and makeup around after trying and using because I am rushing and I just want to save as much time as possible.
To me putting these stuff back to their respective places will cause me to spend more time than required. I will throw my clothes back into the wardrobe. My makeup is all over the place. Stacking on top one another, rolling under the bed, so on and so forth.
When I come home at the end of the day, I’m usually so tired I just want to lie down and sleep. But Simon would have household chores waiting for me to do (he does most of them though). So after doing them, I’d have totally forgotten about the mess till bedtime. And because it’s bedtime, so I go to bed.
The cycle continues.
After a few days, my mess will be so complex I don’t know where to start tidying, so I end up leaving it as it is.
But there will be rare occurrences, especially on weekends (only), where I will have a sudden Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder (OCD) like episodes and start cleaning out all my stuff and dump all the things that I've lost interest in. I quite a hoarder, but Simon is even worse, so I will pick up his stuff one by one and ask him if he still wants to keep them. That pisses him off sometimes, but I like to piss him off, it's like my hobby.
During these times, I will tidy all my stuff and dust all surfaces. I will pick up the vacuum cleaner (did I mention I love vacuuming?). The sense of satisfaction from it is awesome. I will make sure all the tables there were occupied before, have their surfaces exposed.
Sound like an awesome trait to have right? The only problem is, these episodes seldom happen. So most of the times, my apartment is in a dire state. So friends, please don’t visit my place without informing me first ok? I probably won’t let you in due to the shame of you seeing my mess.
I hope I can change this situation, but for now and the foreseeable future, this will be something Simon has to put up with. Sorry, mum, I’ll practice your neat freak trait next time.
And sorry husband for the mess.