2 Year Blog Anniversary

I find it a bit hard to believe that I've been putting bits and pieces of the the things I'm thinking about up here for two years now. But I have.

So, how did I celebrate this auspicious occasion? Well, I spent four or five hours cleaning. I got up this morning, feeling somewhat motivated and well, domestic, and attacked the challenge that reorganizing and cleaning my desk presented. I threw out two garbage bags worth of papers and things I didn't need any more, made some minor repairs, did a lot of sorting and rearranging, listed to episodes of M*A*S*H* play in the background on my laptop, and just generally took my time with it. I finished off by shaking out my rug and sweeping the floor of my bedroom.

I can once again locate things on my desk, and I have space for all sorts of art and generally creative projects in the coming weeks. You can even see the chair in the corner of my room, and curl up in it again, since I took the time to tidy it up too.

I get an odd feeling of enjoyment and satisfaction from this sort of task, and get the urge to do something of the sort once every several months or so. And today was the day. I may even sort through the drawers of my dresser and the shelves of my closet later!

I'm thinking of taking a morning off from church tomorrow. Time to enjoy the quiet and an empty house. This next week is going to be quite busy (a movie with Megs on Monday night, a church leadership meeting on Thursday night, visiting some friends in Canmore on Friday night and Saturday, a baby shower next Sunday after church, and a concert - Steve Bell - next Sunday evening that my company is sponsoring as a benefit for MCC Alberta's AIDS ministry) and the idea of some quiet time tomorrow morning is appealing. But I'm playing it by ear - we'll see what I feel like later tonight and tomorrow morning!