My mother is visiting. This means I must clean the house. She always has this effect on me, and I wish I didn't care as much. I don't seem to mind my house being a dumpy pigsty when my friends come round and some of them are just as likely as my Mum to comment on it, but I dunno. Mum's house is always a shining tidy example of clean and I grew up with that.
My problem is really that I have no time between now and her showing up. Tonight we're going straight out after work to see the Tia Returned and likely I'm gonna want to sleep in tomorrow before Mum arrives at about 11am. Hmmm. Maybe if we don't stay out too late I can vacuum when I get home. Oh the excitement of me!
all the people that I know
the apartment down below
busy with their starring roles
in their own tragedies
Last night I did tidy the lounge and mostly cleared up the table. There is rubbish waiting to be removed to the rubbish room (can do this on the way out tonight) and Lee cleaned the kitchen some. I did all our washing including sheets (Not that Mum is likely to check those, that was purely for my benefit. I love clean sheets) so really it's just cleaning the floors and giving the bathroom a quick once-over.
Today at lunchtime I read the first book of Frank Miller's Sin City. It was awesome. I must now go and study pictures of the movie and see who everyone is being. I suspect Elijah Wood is playing a seriously freaky scary Mo-fo.
By contrast the CardCaptor Sakura manga that I own are heartwarming and lovely and squee! They're the second series so a lot of stuff is coming together and resolving and last night had a very lovely Toya/Yuki moment that made me cry in the anime and yep, made me cry last night too.
I've been doing what I'm told
I've been busy growing old
and the days are getting cold
but that's alright with me
I love this weather, crisp and clear and bright but I hate that I have to stay inside and I can't enjoy it. I also hate that my hayfever has come back. Tomorrow before the Mum arrives I'm going to nip to the chemist for some sweet sweet medicine. I'm thinking pills this time, can anyone reccommend anything fast acting and not side-affecty?
Sunlight sends you on your way
those restless thoughts that turn to yesterday
never be afraid of change
Call you on the phone
I hate to leave you on your own
I'm coming home today
~Bic Runga, Listening for the Weather