HOUSEKEEPING

How I wish I knew why it is that most of the time I am not a very domestic person, but every once in a while the mood hits me and then I become the best housekeeper around. The last three days has been such a time for me.

On Wednesday I grocery shopped and also stopped at the veggie stand about three blocks from us and ever since I have been cooking up a storm. Everything has been fresh and from scratch and probably not very good for us, but it sure has been fun, both cooking it and eating it. And watching the genius eat it --- that’s the real pleasure. Last night even after a substantial dinner, he ate two helpings of peach cobbler a la mode that I had whipped up that afternoon.

I have also washed clothes to beat the band besides unpacking and storing away the luggage. Then today, I went on a cleaning tear in the kitchen and afterwards shampooed carpets until my back couldn’t take anymore.

Now my big question is why do I get these “spells”? And why can’t I keep the motivation going? I know myself well enough by now not to expect this season of enjoying housekeeping to last. But I would give anything if I were like this all the time and took pleasure in this kind of activity. (So would the genius!)

All I know to do is to keep at it as long as the mood stays with me and maybe one of these days it will be lasting. I’m such an optimist!