This morning I declared that the house to be an electronic-free and friend free zone until after the kids got some chores done. The kids promptly ran outside and stayed there for most of the day. This resulted in a very quiet house which I still count as a win. Patch did relent in the late afternoon and do his chores, but the others will be unhappy to discover that their chores will be waiting for them tomorrow and that the ban will still hold until the work is done.
So I had a quiet house today and no urgent business tasks to fill it. Additionally, Howard took off for an event, thus making the house even more empty. I drifted about for a bit before deciding to do some cleaning up in my room while listening to an audio book. Somehow “some cleaning up” turned into “spring cleaning” which included airing out all the bedding and scrubbing the master bathroom. I took several breaks throughout the day. A couple of times I decided to use a break to sit down and blog, but my brain was still untidy. It wasn’t a lack of things to blog, but rather a surfeit. I had too many pieces of possible blogs floating in my head and nothing was coalescing. I sometimes solve this problem by just starting to write. Today I did not feel like pushing anything, so I closed the computer and drifted back to cleaning. Then there was a nap.
It was a long, silent day. I did not really talk to anyone. I spent long periods just sitting without doing anything in particular. Then without any fanfare, suddenly the words were there. I knew exactly how to start the entry and what the shape of it would be. So I opened the computer and wrote about Link and practicing. I waited all day to find words and they came. I love that feeling, when I have the right words. It also feels good to be sitting here in my clean bedroom with the windows open. In another month the windows will have to stay shut so that Howard does not have to suffer allergic reactions. But today the weather was warm and the fresh air feels wonderful.
I need to make more Saturdays feel like today. I think I’d be happier and my house would be much much cleaner.