Stalled...

Meh, this cleaning thing is hard... I'm working on the bedroom I've been sleeping in, putting stuff away, things like that. I've decided I far prefer scrubbing walls to sorting through stuff; so, I worked through my natural laziness today by working on the hall walls (don't worry, not where our heights as kids are marked). I've gotten two walls done (smaller walls), and those walls are now about two shades lighter than the rest of the hallway. If only all life's problems were so easily washed away... now I have to clean the floor where a bookshelf stood two days ago. Books, dustbunnies, and spiders... Oy. I have to pick through the latter two to get to the books, 'cause I can't just throw books away. Meh. I should get on that. At least it's cooler at night, I can work better then.

More to do

Finished the bathroom ceiling today, but that's about it for working on the house. I have, however, been working diligently on the guitar. I can now play "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," with Em, G, and D. I can also play A7. Now I'm working on Jacob's Ladder with A and E7. My fingers are killing me, I need to build up some calluses, stat!

A good start

I came to my mother's today to work on the bathroom, and I think I've made good progress. I cleaned out the top drawers and threw away about 90% of the stuff in there, scrubbed the shower, cleaned the toilet, and have gotten about half of the ceiling/walls clean. I still need to get the bath, around the toilet, the cupboards beneath the sink, and that other half of the ceiling/walls. I'll try and get the floor as clean as possible as well, but it's just plain messed up and will probably need to be fixed by a professional. I'll probably do most of that in the morning, then head back to my apartment. What I need to do now is get the bed de-messed so I can sleep in it tonight.

Oh, and another thing: I found my mom's old backpacking guitar and a beginning guitar book today (it helps that she told me exactly where they were), and I'm gonna learn how to play guitar while not cleaning. I can already do a D chord, and am working on the A7, or rather, shifting from D to A7. Again, something for tomorrow.

Moving on... down?

Yep, after I do this whole graduating thing, I'll be moving south of here to live with my mother. *sigh. Not that I mind living with my mother; on the contrary, if one must live with one's mother, she's the mother one should have. I think that made sense. Anyway, it's the principle of the thing that's a bit depressing. But I have a project for this summer, seeing as I couldn't get a job: cleaning and renovating Mom's house. For those of you who haven't been there, the house has never been pristine. Now, however, it's a bit of a storage facility for everyone in the family, myself included. I'll be sorting through all that stuff, painting, fixing some broken furniture, and refinishing the floor. OK, the refinishing of the floor will probably be done professionally, but still, I have to give them a place to start, right?