It never fails. In addition to my moodiness and craving for chocolate, my raging hormones also trigger the nesting instinct. I’ve mentioned this here before, and I do wonder if anyone else notices this? Or do I only notice it because I’m so unmotivated to do housework the rest of the month? 
At any rate, for the first time since June, my living room is a place I want to spend time again. I truly can’t believe how much I accomplished today. Not only is the futon upstairs in JM’s room, but I’ve managed to find a place for all of The Boyfriend’s guitars and amps AND set up a little office nook for me in the dining room so I’m not in JL’s way when I need a desk. Or my file cabinet.
When the library started renovations, they were going to toss a bunch of desks and tables that wouldn’t fit back into the new space. Some of them were in pretty bad shape, but others still looked pretty good. Even though I have a perfectly good desk where my desktop computer resides, I snagged a small one to use with my laptop. I had planned on bringing it out after the boys moved out, but since JL will need a computer for school, this was the perfect time. And I’m not kidding - it fits perfectly in the space I have for it, along with my file cabinet and my shredder. Now when I bring the mail in every day, I have an actual place not far from the front door to deal with it right away.
There’s still a lot to do tomorrow. We have to put a door on JL’s room and I still have a lot of stuff to clear out of there. And there’s a huge plastic tub of papers I have to go through; most of which will probably go into the shredder. But just to be able to look around and enjoy my surroundings… wow. I mean… WOW!
And since it’s only 8:30 and The Boyfriend isn’t off work for another two hours, I’m going to play with CSS for a little while. We may be going out for a bit this evening, which I believe I deserve after a job well done!
ugh, i need to clean my desk. i haven’t been motivated to do it, or much else in this heat. it is nice when you do have a clean desk and a place to deal with mail, though.