it's a very sad state of affairs when you decide, having been physically working hard all day, that a yoghurt will make you feel better. it gets sadder, when having pulled the lid from said yoghurt you realise that due to limited cutlery being left in the house, the dishwasher is on and there are absolutely no spoons, or any other scoopy type implement available to eat it with.
fuck it, i thought, i'll have a cup of tea. kettle boils. all the mugs are in the dishwasher too.
on the plus side, this total lack of cutlery and crockery signals...dah, dah, dah! the house is pretty much DONE! ready for tenants, ready to be let and ready to be left. i'm about ready for a sleep!
got back from dorset on tuesday, with my gorgeous mum, carrying marigolds, in tow.
the two of us have spent the past 2 days scrubbing the house from top to bottom, cleaning walls, emptying the last bits and pieces out of kitchen cupboards and breaking numerous nails.
and of course polyfillering all of the lumps and holes in our walls- that stuff is actually properly magic and i adore it!
i think i can classify that my least favourite job of the 'big clean' was scrubbing the carpet along the skirting boards with a damp cloth. it's knackering on the back, knackering on the knees, and the skin on my hands is now so dry from the continual plunging in and out of cold water that they are properly cracking. and it turns out my husband and i live like animals- the amount of dust, dirt and crap that is left in our carpet after we hoover it is frankly totally utterly icky.
its now just over a week till we fly, and i finally feel pretty organised and ready. i still have quite a few tasks to tick off my several 'to do lists', but thanks to my mother's input and help with getting the house ready these are only straightforward little chores. for the first time in weeks i don't feel overwhelmed by what there is to do. i'm actually just starting to feel excited about the trip now, and the adventure that awaits us.
bring it on.
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