The Things I Do

This evening my dad is getting into town.

Normally, this is cool... but see, there's a catch. I like to keep up the facade to my parents that I maintain "adult" living conditions. Now, I by no means live in a pig sty... but it's what you might call "Bachelor Clean" or high level "Student Clean" ...not "Parental Clean".

So what have I spent this entire week doing? Cleaning. I've actually foregone any post-practice pints this week (both Tuesday AND Thursday... now THAT's self-control!) in order to get home and do some cleaning. You might think this is sad, and you might be right.

To be honest, it's not that the place is all that disgusting, it's just that since Greg moved out, I've reverted to my usual ways. Basically, I leave stuff everywhere. Hallway, living room, bathroom, kitchen. When I say everywhere, I mean everywhere. It's not that I didn't do it when Greg was living with me, but I didn't have the daily "Work Clothes Explosion" in the living room like I do now. Oh, that and he was also really good at doing dishes. I hate dishes. In some ways having a quasi-absentee roommate who regularly does dishes is great.... but once he moves out, you forget that you still have to do them. Like, at all.

The other major issue is that I'm not entirely sure the bathroom had a thorough cleaning during his entire tenure with me.... and for those faint of heart, I'm not going to specify when he moved in. Especially seeing as it was getting twice the use it was used to... not that that overly matters, but it is worth noting. It was the main impetus for my skipping out on Tuesday's pint(s), leading to this exchange with my Pipe Major:

John: So, Iain...are you coming for a pint?
Iain: Uh, no. I think I need to get going.
John (obviously thrown by this response): Oh, um...okay....
Iain: I have to go home and continue getting my place Parent-Ready... especially the bathroom.
John: HA! I understand...I guess I'm lucky with that right now, our bathrooms are all gutted cuz they're being redone.
Iain: I'll bet they're still more sanitary right now than mine....

I wish I was kidding.