This is a little late for spring.....

What to say, what to say....

Well, yesterday I totally forgot about the internet. This is terrifying for one such as I, quite the 'Net addict. Here's why. Yesterday, about an hour before work, I get a call. It's my grandmother, who's in town with some of her girlfriends...Suffice it to say I ended up not having to go work and I had a LOT of sweets yesterday. A wonderful time indeed. :3

She called today, thanking me for the time. I hadn't invited her over because my place was an rather inexcuseable mess. My granny did get a bit of  a peek when I toted the cat outside to show her his beautifulness. Of course, all the pictures we have from that day he was leaning over my shoulder trying to get back inside. Our little Pooh Bear is the biggest WUSS ever. We also discovered he's scared of swishy pants.

Anywhooo, she then was asking about the house. I'm fairly certain she just glossed over the scent of fried food, cigarette smoke, and man-smell. (You KNOW that smell, the one bachelor pads always have? That one!) She was all 'The stuffing is hanging out of the couch sweetheart, you could get a cheapy fitted bedsheet and use it like a slipcover. You could do this and this...'

While listening, I realized something. I really don't value where I live at all. I say 'It's a starter place.' or to my friends, 'It's a shithole with cheap rent, you know how that goes.' But why do either of those things automatically dictate that my place has to be a grody man-cave? Granted, I rent and it isn't the nicest place in the world *coughnoclosetscough*, but it IS where I live, and who knows? Maybe we'll be there a lot longer than I anticipated. The job market is nonexistent around here, and it takes money to go to school. Also, isn't it better to develop habits of taking care of things as opposed to breaking habits of laziness?

Maybe I'd feel less blah when I came in, because as it stands, when I get in there, I just want to do whatever to not notice the darkness and clutter and ew. It'd be nice if I had pride in more things. And could also have family over at a moment's notice. 

Let's see how this whole 'cleaning and cleansing' thing goes, eh?