Mommy Robot Cleans House
Day 2 of "self-employment"
DRP 2.0 Day 2.0
My husband came home early in the afternoon on this, day 2 of my self-employment, to do some paperwork from home, and probably hoping to take a Friday rest before beginning toddler weekend.
He quietly did his paperwork while I zoomed around the house, organizing, vacuuming, sweeping, and finished with cleaning the bathrooms.
“It’s a little scary when you’re on a roll like this,” he said, joking. There’s an episode of Bluey where Bluey and her sister Bingo try to get their Dad, pretending to be “Daddy Robot,” to clean the playroom for them. When the kids tell Dad they never want to clean the playroom again, he starts carrying them off to the trash, since his Robot calculations determined that if there weren’t any kids, there wouldn’t be any mess.
Cleaning the house like this is a way I close my stress loops and I feel great, but I also am kind of a cleaning robot. I told E I would talk to him at 4, after I was done cleaning and had written this blog post. He’s gone off on a walk.
I really am grateful to have a house full of husband and toddler, even when that means the dirt and the socks eventually pile up.
Today I:
Mowed the lawn (and felt self-conscious about turning on a gas-powered lawn mower before 8am. Well, the neighbors are probably just relieved it’s cut.)
Went to a yoga class
Bought those pruning shears at the hardware store
Ate lunch
Evicted the small maple tree and several more tiny ones from our front garden
Cleaned the house: tidied my bedroom so that you can see all of the floor that is not under furniture, swept and vacuumed the house, folded laundry, and cleaned the bathrooms
Today I felt:
Accomplished. I am interested to see how I feel on days where I don’t get much done at all, or where my accomplishments are less visible. Then again, I didn’t (not that I could tell) do anything anchored to a possible vocation and every day that doesn’t happen feels like I am getting pushed closer to the edge. (Relax! It’s Day 2!)
I enjoyed my yoga class but (a) it took me almost 3 hours including driving to go to a 75 minute class and (b) I feel quite weak and the class only held “hard” poses for the first 45 minutes. I think that (a) is worth it once or twice a week to get real live teaching and community, and for (b) I am excited for that rush of initial strength building that happens when you get consistent with a practice. I’ll be going back next week.
On Monday I want to:
Go on a long walk.
I plan to write these posts daily, but I won’t be blasting them out via email any more. Next week and the weeks after, I’ll post each day and then send out a weekly roundup via email on Friday or Saturday. This way I get my documentation, and you don’t get tired of listening to me talk (hopefully)! You can always see what I’m up to by visiting my page.
Have a great weekend and see you next week!
