thelaughingmuse: Text reads "Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies and alcohol." (cookies and alcohol)
This morning I woke up at 3.30am. I got out of bed, opened the closet doors, and pulled out all the skirts, pants, and dresses. Then I sorted out the ones to donate, and tallied the rest. Then I did the same for the shoes. Ah, my beloved comfortable-soled booties whose 2.75 inch heel is too high for me now. I wore you each but thrice. Onward to new homes where you'll be appreciated.

(Shoe companies??? Women want shoes that are timeless, elegant, and stylish **and** have a lower-than-1.5 inch heel. Make it happen.)

So for those keeping score (which is really only me) that's 3 out of 4 closets sorted, sifted, downsized, and tallied.

Next week I'll tackle the Great Messpile. First, I have to sort through the knee-high stacks of boxes in front of the closet. They're only 3 rows deep. I can do that. Right?

...halp.

Home showings have dribbled off. Now that Biden's stepped down from rerunning for president, everybody's uncertain. The Dems are supposedly working to try and come up with their Best Bulletproof Candidate to slamdunk the OD (Orange Dictator) even though Biden basically handed the baton to Harris. So now...people who were looking to buy homes are holding off until their own homes sell, or until there's less uncertainty. I have no idea when the next viewers will come through, but I hope to have the Messpile cleaned out and looking staged Real Soon Now so that people can actually SEE the room. I also think that I'm through leaving the house when people come through for a showing. The last showing I had before everything ground to a halt, the people showed up nearly half an hour early. I couldn't get out of my driveway, and based on what my realtor said, I snuck out the back door and hid in the back yard until the realtor showed up and took the family inside. Then I went to my neighbors' house and read until those people left. It was still a bit weird.

After this morning's early shenanigans, I bought myself some new coloring books as a treat. Some will arrive in 2 days, some in 4 days, some in 5, and a few in about a month.
thelaughingmuse: An animated GIF showing the character Captain Jack from Doctor Who. He makes a "W" with his fingers. The text in the final frame reads "Whatever" (whutevs)
Today I cleared out four boxes in the Disaster Room. I kept about a box and a half worth, I have just under 100 bottles of nail polish to donate, and I pitched about two boxes' worth of undonatable junque. I even widened the clean spot on the floor. Two people can now both walk into that room and stand in the middle of it and turn around without stepping on each others' toes.

But cleaning that room is still really slow going.

I need to count my clothing-stuff in the main bedroom. I need to make another run down to Goodwill. I need to mow the front lawn. But mostly I need to avoid stressing out so much that my stomach acid overflows and drips into my upper intestine again. (That shit's painful.)

Two showings today. The first group didn't like the small kitchen. I think we should have put some text in the description: "cozy kitchen in the center of the first floor" or something so that folks who want a large kitchen won't bother coming through. I mean, if people want a large kitchen, they should definitely get what they want. But there's no way, short of entirely rebuilding the house, to make this kitchen larger. Load bearing walls and whatnot. People who really want a large kitchen should know, so that they can either adjust their expectations, or just not come and view the house.

Today was cooler. Tonight is a good night for cocoa. (I can't have coffee right now, but I can have cocoa. This weekend was in the 80s, so not hot-drink weather.)

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