Day 2

Day 2 is happening about a week late.  I'm a master procrastinator, which also runs in my family.  But, as a result of procrastinating the office, the rest of my house looks pretty good.  It's amazing how motivated I find myself to do other productive things when I feel guilty for not cleaning what I have committed to cleaning.

Well, since the rest of the house is cleanish, I got to work on the office this morning.  I decided the easiest thing to start with is to clear a place on the floor to work in.  This is the room I blow-dry my hair in, and I am 5 months postpartum, so there was a wig's worth of hair on everything.  I vacuumed, and the progress thus far is invigorating. 

A few weeks ago, my husband was looking for something, and I brought out an old trunk of stuff we haven't looked at since before kids were born I think.  I emptied it out, since obviously we didn't need that junk if we didn't miss it all these years.  It made me smile to remember what a great mom I have, as she had lined the trunk with a pretty floral paper for me when I left for college.  She's a pretty organized chick, especially for being quite a hoarder herself. 

The biggest pile of stuff was 18 month boy clothes, so I put those in the trunk.  There was still room, so I also put smaller boy clothes in there too.  There's still room, so I hope to fit 24 month and 2T boy stuff when the time comes. 

I unearthed Elena's school valentines from a month ago, got rid of all the cards (I hope she doesn't find out!) and stashed the candy for rewards for later.  I also pared down some baby clothes that are outgrown.  We have a ton, and a lot of it is not being used this time around, so I've decided to not be emotionally attached and to hopefully bless someone else who needs them.  A couple months ago, I donated a ton of maternity clothes and baby clothes and NB diapers to the local crisis pregnancy center.  They were very thankful, and it felt really good to get that stuff out of my house and hopefully it'll help someone in need.  Plus, it's a tax-deductible donation, so it'll help us out next year on our taxes. 

I threw away a wrecked project that Elena and I put together.  It was a foam castle.  Sherm got a hold of it and smashed it.  Elena was devastated, and I told her we'd fix it, but I really didn't want to.  It doesn't do anything, it's not a toy and it really just takes up space.  But I feel guilty because she loved it, and it represented time we spent together.  It makes me wonder if I'll always feel guilty getting rid of useless stuff.