Monday Monday

I’m washing clothes. I know, that doesn’t seem like a big deal, seeing as how I’m a mom and all. But this is a big deal today. Well, actually it started yesterday and may continue into tomorrow, but who’s counting days when laundry exceeds 2 dozen loads?

I finally decided to open all those plastic containers where the kids put the clothes that no longer fit and go through them once and for all. Oh, what a chore! And thanks to my kids, I’m having to wash most of them.

I guess I ought to know better than to not supervise the kids in a such a task, but some of this happened when I was still working full time outside the home. I got lazy. I gave the kids plastic containers and told them to put clothes that were too small in the containers. It’s my fault for instructing them to put only clean clothes in the containers. How silly of me to expect my kids to figure that part out for themselves.

Besides the normal collection of dirty school clothes, play clothes, work clothes, going-to-the-movies clothes and bed and bath linens, I also had 6 large plastic containers of clothes, some clean, some not. After sorting through the first container, I gave up and just started washing everything. This is called “mom is losing her mind and is ready to blow a gasket” behavior. This also explains why the kids were so excited to go to school today.

So my online blogging is hit or miss today. I’m here, then I’m gone, folding and packing and stacking. These clothes are out of here this week. I’m not running a second hand store. Everything that still has some wear will be sent to the Salvation Army.

And for the record, the only reason the kids are not helping me with this monumental chore is because they have exams this week. No TV, no video games, just studying. Until Wednesday.

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