Thanks For The Mess

Winter term is over and spring is in the air (with the exception of the 5 inches of snow we received a few days ago). Spring break has officially begun. I have this whole big house to myself (wait, that's not entirely true--I have Lilly the bulldog to keep me company), and nothing to do..........

"Nothing to do", I say??? After a quick glance to the previous paragraph, I do believe I said "nothing to do." Well, I could go for a jog. Or for a drive to Bend, Eugene, or the coast. But alas, I am not going anywhere until this house is CLEAN! 

There are a lot things that I enjoy about my roommates, and there are other things that I loathe. I hate, hate, hate cleaning up after people. Everyone has their weird little quirks. One of mine is that I can't stand dirty dishes and half eaten food laying around the house, or when the sink is full of dirty dishes and scrap food. We clearly do NOT have a garbage disposal, so why would anyone throw their apple core or pizza crusts into the sink? Do we have an apple core eating alligator living in our sink or something?? I have yet to figure it out myself. I just thought it was common sense to throw shit into the garbage. I am amazed that the ones who make the largest messes at our house are the ones that clean the least. 

It's one thing when we all make a mess together. It is OUR mess, and I am more than willing to clean up after that. What really gets me though, is the separating orange and yellow mess sitting in the blender on the kitchen counter, and the shit ton of dishes. I thought about just leaving them until everyone gets home, but I am too OCD for that. 

The other main quirk that I have, is garbage. It drives me nuts when there is garbage laying on the table or on the floor or in the living room or the half eaten can of pineapple on the coffee table. The garbage in our kitchen is clearly full, so I am going to just set my garbage on top of everything else. Don't worry y'all, Mike or Josh will take the garbage out when they finally get annoyed enough. Wait??--Is there no room on top of the garbage for more of MY garbage?? I guess I will just throw it in the recycling or on the floor. And don't even get me started on the vileness of our bathroom garbage. I will refrain from those stories to prevent any severe embarrassment. 

I guess what I am getting at, my roommates are great, but Goddamn, have some common courtesy and clean up after yourselves.