Apartment Cleanup Day

I woke up this morning extremely motivated to clean my apartment, especially since I didn't get around to it yesterday. With Johnnie and Lisa off to see Courtney I didn't think I'd be seeing Johnnie at all until Monday night when I pick him up for Thanksgiving week. Until I get a call from my son at 8 AM and I'm barely fumbling around the house because I had gotten a pretty good night's sleep. He wanted me to bring his t-shirt with the dinosaur on it he said. I guess mom and son are dressing up to match. I thought it was cute. I wondered why Lisa didn't just come right out and invite me to breakfast. Michael Villanueva was there making it anyway. He's the designated driver, poor kid. 6 hours of driving and Lisa is already exhibiting stress from undertaking such a drive. Anyway I figured I'd just bring the T-shirt over and pick up a McMuffin from McDonald's on the way. It would give me an excuse to see my Little Bug for the day if just for a couple of hours. Besides I was planning on swinging by her house later on anyway after they had left. Lisa had given me the thumbs up to wash my bulky quilts in her heavy duty washer.  Saves me from having to go to the laundromat. It was also a straight-up trade so that I could feed the gecko and the turtles this weekend. And lastly, Lisa needed someone to talk to about her gardener Eusebio giving her notice that he couldn't do maintenance for her yard anymore. It bothered her. As it should. He had been with her since he did the landscaping job when I still lived there all those years ago. But honestly, I didn't like that the backyard grass was undone for many months. And for what? Honestly I didn't think it looked better than when I was doing it myself. But that isn't my problem is it? I just told her it wouldn't be all that hard to find a replacement. As if I'm talking to myself about Lam at MY job. Hmmm... And so I went over and ended up bringing all the stuff I needed to do for my laundry, brought over Johnnie's shirt and I had some of Michael's pancakes too. After I had gulped down my breakfast before comin in LOL. Really simple day after that for me. I started cleaning the apartment. And I started with the bedroom. And the toilet. I figured those would be the areas I hadn't cleaned in more than a month so it needed a little more scrubbing. 

I actually ended up shuttling between my apartment and Lisa's house. That would be the Arnel style for ya. Do a room then go to Lisa's house to do a load. I figured I'd wash the big pillows too since they are dirty and they don't smell clean at all. Why not right?  And anyway the bulky items needed at least an hour of drying time. By 3 PM I had gotten most of the living room done too at my apartment. And I had gotten most of the laundry done at Lisa's. I fed the gecko a little early. I had no intention of being around the house when it got dark. It always used to freak me out a bit when I was alone here many times when Lisa and Johnnie would go off on their vacations. No Hawaii this year I'm afraid. The state is locked down. And so I worked up such a sweat cleaning up and everything that I figured I'd do one more thing at Lisa's house. I would take a shower in the upstairs bathroom... in the very shower that I designed. If there is anything I miss in this house it is taking a shower there. I could sit and lollygag while the hot water worked it's wonders. Which is exactly what I did this afternoon. Sat there and let the hot water work it's wonder. Ahh I really did miss taking a shower here. Hadn't done this in more than 2 years! I'm for SURE going to keep it on the down low. And so it was that I got my house cleaned today!  And I got all my bulky laundry done too!  And I even got to have breakfast with Johnnie. Everything was so clean around the house I didn't want to touch anything! LOL. Even for dinner. I ate the leftover unstuffed cabbage that I made Thursday night. And when it came time to go to bed. I slept on the couch. <Picture I posted was Lisa's couch BTW> Right on the very pillow that I had just washed today. The clean bedroom is going to at least stay almost untouched for 24 hours. Man for just right that moment I turned into neat-freak Lisa. And I guess that's ok...