Virtual Venting
Wed Jul 16 2003

OK, for anyone who does not wish to read the ranting and ravings of a seriously pissed off and frustrated woman, leave now. For anyone who may be related to my husband and not want to read anything derogatory about him, leave now.

My family is comprised of idiot slobs. OK, they aren't idiots, they have in the past on occasion shown glimmers of intelligence.

I usually try to clean my house once a week. It may not be all in one day, but typically each room in my home gets cleaned once a week. This week, today was pretty much the emptiest schedule I've had, and will have, so I dug in. I spent 9 hours shuttling kids to swim lessons, doc appointments, and doing laundry and house cleaning (to include shampooing carpets in 3 of the 5 rooms I wanted to get done today).

At 5:45 I left my house to take #1 to swim team practice. The kitchen was clean (except for the floor to be mopped), both bathrooms clean, living room clean, 1 of the 3 kids rooms clean and my room clean. I arrived home at a little after 10:30. Laundry, dishes and various "stuff" seems to have exploded in my kitchen. Goldfish (the crackers) are crunched all over the kitchen floor. I'm having a difficult time just finding the floor in the living room. I'm afraid to look at the rest of the house.

I know hubby is not completely to blame. He was home for about an hour after I left before he brought #3 to me at the & while he and #2 had Tae Kwon Do. I brought #1 & #3 home at roughly 7:25 (I only saw part of the kitchen, all looked normal at that time). That leaves #1 & #3 here alone, with my begging and threatening them to clean up after themselves and not make a mess, for about an hour and a half before hubby and #2 got home.

I am SO tempted to wake those four males up and make them clean this shit up. I really would like to scream and throw something, preferrably with breakage as a result. That could be due to the fact that I've been out of my antidepressant for over a month and have not been able to find a time when hubby can stay home with the kids so I can go to the doc and get a refill. Right now, my un-medicated self would really like to scream, and throw a tantrum and totally trash the house, waking up hubby and making sure he is crystal clear on why I am so bent out of shape right now.

I'm even starting to think about the various amounts of damage I could do with some of his power tools out in the shed. His truck could use a sun roof, right?

OK, I need to calm down or I will never get to sleep tonight. I also need to find some St. John's Wort to try to tide me over until I can get my meds.

Of course, I would prefer Prozac, but beggars can't be choosers.

3 Comments
  • From:
    Pinkspiritlady (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jul 17 2003
    Hey that was not too bad. I am sure it was deserved. Men can be oblivious to what all we do because it is always just done for them. Sometimes I think they must think there is a fairy that cleans bathrooms. POOF! It just appears clean! Magic!
  • From:
    Kittydragon105 (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jul 17 2003
    Wake them up and make them clean it. You worked hard to make it nice, and THEY messed it up. Don't clean it up for them at all. You're doing them a favor. And how will they learn not to do it again?

    See, that's the reasoning that gets my brother to clean house. Leave it there until he can't stand it any more. Of course, it drives you mad in the process, but it usually never happens again.

    Jenn-Kitty
  • From:
    AnneOakley (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jul 17 2003
    Alli~

    Ugh - dontcha hate that?? Same thing with me. Everytime, I mopped the kitchen floor - All shiny clean till Mr. Sox comes in the kitchen. He always spill coffee on the floor, he never bother to wipe it off. OR Everytime, the apartment is all shiny clean till He comes home..... beard trimming all over the sink, clothes everywhere, trash full of beer cans, ... He would not even clean up after his mess. Sometimes, I just feel like to rattle him till his bones pops out of his body. LOL..

    Hugs, AO