BETTER AND BRIGHTER

When I say that tidying up my house and cleaning things makes me super happy, I sound like the most boring person in the world, but I don’t care. It does. I like nothing better* than looking around or walking through my home and admiring how nice it looks and all the things in it that make me happy. I LIKE having a neat and tidy place to live. I like a harmonious feeling to the colors and fabrics and patterns that surround me. And I like having things clean. It’s so OCD, but that’s just how it is.

Having to-do lists to deal with each day, week, month, also makes me happy as long as I am able to check things off them in good time. Today, I was super happy because I was able to check off everything I had on the mental list for the weekend. I know no one else cares at all about these things, but just listing them makes me feel happy and proud and accomplished.

3 loads of laundry, putting away the advent lights, putting the last of the house back to rights after Christmas, watering plants, emptying the garbage cans, working on my blog book, progress on a crossword puzzle, reading more of the good book I’m rereading, talking to both my kids, writing this post. I didn’t work the hour I thought I might do, but that’s okay.

I’m working from home tomorrow, and Anders will be gone all week for work. I have no real plans this week after work except for a massage, though Martin might come home one night for dinner. He called with excellent news this evening: his boyfriend Theo asked him to move in! That means he won’t be moving home, which I know he was dreading, and I think they seem to be at a good place in their relationship for this step. When he actually moves at the end of February, they’ll have been a couple for a year, and I think it makes sense for them to try it out. And I’m glad that he’ll be staying in Malmö because I know he’s really loved living in the city this past year. I think it’s been good for him. And I hope it will facilitate his efforts in job-hunting as well.

I guess I like having a tidy life, too, haha! I like when things work out well and when things go well, and when my family is doing well, too. There are issues in parts of my first family, but not my immediate one at least. I can’t fix the other issues, unfortunately, though I really wish I could.

This morning, I woke up slowly to sunshine, even though it didn’t stick around for the entire day. The snow is melting, and the light is returning, and things always look a little better and brighter when that is the case, and when your to-do list is done.

*Not actually true. I like cookies an awful lot.

Mood: productive
Music: Cosha—Sun Back