Firstly, I'd like to congratulate myself on not writing this earlier :) I'm only now getting this down, whilst I need a sit down after a flurry of productive activity.
Unusually, I have had a propensity towards cleaning. Now, one barrier to this is that in order to clean, I first have to tidy, in order to reach the surfaces that are in need of cleaning. Unperturbed, I have spent lots of today shifting things, and even throwing stuff away, like that shelf from the old fridge that I kept in case I wanted to use it in the new one.
Yesterday I initially couldn't find my usual ecover laundry gel but then found it in a section of collected ecover products, many of which were on offer, so I got lots of stuff. When I got home, I found I already had a lifetime supply of cleaning stuff in my cupboards (if you rarely clean, anything can last a lifetime!!)
I have a very clear memory of enjoying hoovering one time to Diana Ross's Chain Reaction, so I made a playlist to sustain my enthusiasm, and have subsequently perhaps done more dancing than cleaning. It's so easy to get distracted - just nipping to the loo and seeing so much else that needs doing en route. And my need for human interaction pulls me away too. Nonetheless, let's celebrate that I now have a totally cleared kitchen and dining room floor and about to mop so will be taking the chair away from the screen ;)
And since my day could hardly only consist of cleaning, I liked this, especially the line that there's no time for anything inessential (but that he anticipates still having fun and silliness in his remaining time):
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html?_r=1
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