Medicine of Immortality "It's a cold, and it's a broken, 'Hallelujah!'"

This and thatPosted by Rachel on April 6th, 2010

I decided to devote the majority of today to cleaning. Wow. I must say, I feel a lot better now that it’s done. There are probably a few things that could still use some reorganizing, but overall, I got a lot accomplished. I now have clean, mopped floors and am feeling much better about things. Something about my personality makes it really hard for me to concentrate on anything if there’s a mess in front of me. And yet, I’ve really been slacking off on the housecleaning department. I easily get down in the dumps and then have difficulty finding the motivation to get anything done. But I forced myself to do it today, and I’m glad I did.

This is pretty big news, to me, at least: Antonio is now weaned. It’s a big deal because I went straight from nursing Kyrie to nursing Antonio without a break (in fact, there was about a month of overlap), so weaning him brings about the first real break from nursing since I first became a mom when Kyrie was born. I’ve spent 4½ years nursing and it’s very strange to suddenly not be nursing anymore. It’s very bittersweet.

I cannot wait for the weather to warm up! I’m contemplating a yard sale, but I’m not sure if I’ll go through with it. I did one last year and it wasn’t entirely unsuccessful, but it was a lot of work for what I got—and there was a lot of stuff left that I had to put back in storage. I wonder if I’d be better off just donating all the stuff I want to get rid of. I am a minimalist and I hate feeling like stuff is accumulating around our house. The less stuff we have, the easier it will be to clean up! That’s my take on it, anyway. And there are just lots of clothes and toys that are no longer needed or used, so we might as well spread the wealth.