Spring Cleaning

So it's after 2:30am and I am still awake and happen to be enjoying a (caffeine free) Diet Coke on my couch, checking my email, taking a break from the cleaning I've been doing. I got back not that long ago from Wal-Mart actually. I spent lots of money! BUT! On cleaning supplies. I only got one food item (good for me! yay!) and that is Special K crackers, which I intend on portioning out and putting into baggies. In a place I can't reach very easily, so I have to work for it if I want them. Good plan I think. And not only that, they are the tomato herb kind, which don't hit me as big as the regular multi-grain. Crisis diverted.

I did buy two Rubbermaid totes... one for my Christmas stuff that I really need to pull down and put away (I have mostly just lights out, seeing as I couldn't use my tree because Artemis is crazy!), and one for all these envelopes of pictures I am finding all over! I need to put them somewhere until I can really go through them and decide what to do with them. I then bought new toilet scrubbies, kitty litter, refillable cleaning solution (because it was on sale and I've really been wanting to get one of those!), air freshener, hangers, and that toilet bowl cleaning stuff that you "stamp" onto the bowl... it just looked cool, and thought it would help keep it clean. It was about $40 all together. Not too horrible considering what I got and how much I got, but still makes me cringe thinking about it. I should just become a recluse and stop stepping into stores all together! I'd be out of a job then, but hey. I wouldn't be spending money. haha.

I still have stuff sitting on my bed. I decided earlier today yesterday that the only way my bedroom was going to get clean was if I picked everything up off of the floor and put it on my bed. That way I could vacuum and get rid of the icky grittiness on the floor from Artemis' litter and my dirt outside, and be able to put the autism aside for awhile so I could actually clean. So, I did exactly that. After I vacuumed I put away the clean clothes, put the dirty ones in the basket, and started collecting garbage. I then had to go for supper and the meeting, so that is about where I stopped. When I got back I started sorting out the desk/nightstand drawer and shelf, and throwing away more garbage. I am about 85% done. I need to be 95% done in order to crawl into my bed to go to sleep. The rest of the junk is on top of my dresser and can be done tomorrow. However, time seems to move fast in the middle of the night while there is no one around to distract me, and it is now quarter to three. At least I don't have to work until 4pm tomorrow today. Oh, I need to change Artemis' box before bed... he's kicking it all over the place. And destroying stuff in my living room to let me know that he is not happy with that situation. Therefore, it must be done. No worries.

It is officially spring now, you know. So I really am doing spring cleaning. It's a good thing, as Martha Stewart would say. And it is one of my goals, to clean up my apartment and keep it clean. I know I do that it will make it easier to want to be in here and cook and keep it clean and just generally take better care of myself. I think my apartment is a reflection of how I am feeling most of the time. If my apartment is a wreck, I'm a wreck. And I know it's pretty bad when I don't even have a clear pathway anymore.

Artemis is prodding me to go give him a treat and go to bed. I suppose I should listen to him... he is the boss after all...