While I lived under the same roof as my mother, I was lazy.  I always knew that she would pick up the slack.  I'd do the dishes maybe two times a week.  I'd never vacuum unless she needed my help and I never had any problem with the grocery shopping.  Now that it's just me and my two siblings things have changed dramatically.

I've become a cleaning freak.  Today my pet project was scouring off 15-20 years worth of grease that has accumulated on the stove area.  My mom didn't even do that when she was here.  Since my mom has left, not even a full week ago, I have done more cleaning that she would do on average.  I've vacuumed twice, I do the dishes twice every day and I cleaned my bathroom.  Normally the bathroom should be a pretty quick job.  Not so this time.  It took me 4 freaking hours to scour every last bit of my younger sister out of that cesspool.  She had one of those sugaring kits to get rid of hair on her legs, it had spilled all over the cabinet that it was stored in.  Damaged most of the stuff in there.  I hauled out two large garbage bags of junk.  Stuff she'd collected over the years that she'd never used.  I can't believe I put up with it for that long.

Cleaning is a fact of life.  So why am I making such a big deal over it?  No one else is doing it, and when I bring it up they start treating me like I'm the slob and not doing all the work.  I'm working a job, dealing with other things in my life too.  My sister, she wakes up at 3pm, feeds the dogs, does the dishes and watches tv.  That's ALL she does.  Then she puts on this Holier-than-thou act.  It's really starting to piss me off.  Not to mention the changes and the going back to school has majorly stressed me out to the point where I feel like snapping at any point.  I'm going to ask my doctor for happy pills again.

The only thing that seems to be going right is work.  I'm in the top 10, which means I can bring my laptop and I get an extra $200 a month bonus.  Then my supervisor is putting me in for advanced training.  He mentioned to me today that it's not really training, it's a stealth job trial for a brand new position they're implementing. I'd get mucho pay, AND no more customers!!!! Hell YEAH!

So at least one thing is going ok for me.  At least I'm using the cleaning as an outlet for my stress.  It'll only get dangerous when I start trying to clean my teeth with Comet.