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I can definitely relate to that! I just went through that in cleaning my kitchen something I've always done in a few hours, but last week I cleaned the stove on day 1, fridge on day 2, floors and cabinets on day 3 - by day 4 I realized that I needed to clean the stove again...
Yes, so right. I write on my calendar a room a week and check it off IF I get it done otherwise it will continue into the next week.
I have heard it said that the difference between a cat and a dog is that if you die alone in the house with your pet, the dog will wait until he is starving to eat your body. The cat will eat you while you are still warm.
I'm retired so...I sleep until I'm ready to wake up. Could be noon.
A cat sh!ts on its own time. With a dog if you sleep in, he'll dump all over the house. I always liked dogs (and dogs like me) but today, I'm a cat person. A fixed Tom, preferably an orange one, good company. They are people friendly and an old Tom naturally bonds with men..
I can no longer get down on the floor and do household maintenance type stuff. I just replaced the fill valve on my toilet. I had to sit on the lid and get the nut loosened by feel, including using a crescent wrench to loosen it. That took longer than doing it by sight. I hand tightened the new fill valve and put a towel under it to see if it is tight enough with just hand tightening. That will take a day for insuring everything dried and any wet is ongoing. So, figure it takes me 1 day and ten minutes more than when I could get down and dirty with the job. Many things are this way, but I don't have to be anywhere so,... what the hay?
This week I finally decided to paint my living room ceiling/walls. Moving heavy furniture including a full bookcase, sofa, chairs, & a low case filled with heavy, vintage hifi equipment with a big plasma tv on top. Washing down & then rinsing walls/ceiling, spackling then priming cracks, holes, etc...
It's a good sized room for an apartment, the ceiling was the most difficult: after cutting in the edges on a ladder, just standing with a pole looking up, bending back for two coats applied... I felt that the next day & so got a late start. Then two coats on the walls, luckily only 1 long one & 2 partial walls (semi-open plan). Then all the furniture, books, etc., gets put back after prodigious dusting.
Took almost a week due to my occasional late starts & slow pace. I used to do stuff like this for a living for a few years in my early 20's but the energy isn't really there as much as the spirit still may be. Luckily the bedroom is smaller, but I won't get to it for a while.
I find i need to make my strides shorter during my daily walks. I have to stretch before and after my walk, which have also become shorter distance. Never gave a thought to warming up and cooling down before, but now my body resists. Slow down, it says. Otherwise i get muscle pulls, tightness and all that HURTS!
MQ, I have a 2008 Corolla with 67k miles on it but luckily I am only 5’7”. It’s my last car unless some moron totals it.
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