We had a very busy Memorial Day weekend, which is why I didn't get to that looming kitchen cabinet. Our weekend was complete with a full Sunday followed by fun at Mimi's on Monday. I love going to my Mother In Law's for family gatherings. All the brothers come over & we enjoy a lazy day of eating, TV, card games, and maybe even swimming.
The only problem I find with these exciting weekends is that the house is inevitably torn apart by the time we leave for Mimi's house on Monday. I find it depressing to come home from a lazy day of eating & then have to look at a cluttered living space. At that point I am left with the choice of cleaning it that night when all I want to do is lay around on our comfy red couch & watch a movie. My other option is to leave it for tomorrow, which always drains me to start the week with a messy house. I envy my husband who gets to escape to an office and leave our disheveled house behind with the simple click of a garage door opener. This particular holiday Monday, I came up with two clever solutions to this problem:
1. Clean before you leave. Carve out 30-45 minutes before leaving where everybody pitches in to pick up the living areas. I even managed to sneak in putting away my clean laundry (Mommy's is always left to be put away last for some reason). We turned on the music & we were all energized to see the results. The pay-off was my happy husband who couldn't believe I had suggested cleaning. Coming home to a tidy home made me appreciate--rather than regret-- the hours of leisure we had just wiled away at the in-laws.
2. Change Monday holidays to Fridays. This sounds brilliant to me in theory, though I am not sure how well it would work in actual practice. My reason for suggesting it is that if the recognized holiday fell on a Friday, then we would get to do all that partying Friday, and maybe by Sunday we could relax! This would be negated for those of us who go to church picnics on Sundays, although we would still have Saturday in between to get a bit of a breather. Two days of go-go-go in a row-row-row is just too much for my sanity when I have to face it all alone with two kids the next morning!
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