"Birds do it, squirrels too. Now I've joined the fun...
...of nesting, that is. I've started getting our home ready for its new duty of sheltering three of us instead of just two.
I never thought the nesting urge would get to me (just like those hormonal emotions) and yet I now find myself fantasizing about reorganizing closet space, making ornaments for Christmas, building a new laundry station, fixing the bathroom, and getting this house clean! It is crazy, this internal feeling that I MUST get moving to prepare the house. My urge to get everything in order is overwhelming.
It took me a while to recognize the feeling. I didn't think the nesting instinct could start so soon (is 6 months soon? I don't really know), but I'm completely positive that I've now become a typical pregnant woman in this regard. Which to me is odd because I don't think of myself as being typical in anything.
I think Ross is getting a kick out of seeing me this way, but also has become very good at disappearing whenever a "it's got to be done now or it'll never get done" idea hits me. His knack for hiding has probably saved us a fair bit of money, so he's really doing both of us a favor. Nesting in moderation, that's what we're shooting for. And really, Bucky won't know the difference between just a washer and dryer, and a washer and dryer with a folding station, and cabinets, and shelves for detergent, and a hanging bar to dry delicates, and an ironing station, and..."
--Clare, 10/19/05
I never thought the nesting urge would get to me (just like those hormonal emotions) and yet I now find myself fantasizing about reorganizing closet space, making ornaments for Christmas, building a new laundry station, fixing the bathroom, and getting this house clean! It is crazy, this internal feeling that I MUST get moving to prepare the house. My urge to get everything in order is overwhelming.
It took me a while to recognize the feeling. I didn't think the nesting instinct could start so soon (is 6 months soon? I don't really know), but I'm completely positive that I've now become a typical pregnant woman in this regard. Which to me is odd because I don't think of myself as being typical in anything.
I think Ross is getting a kick out of seeing me this way, but also has become very good at disappearing whenever a "it's got to be done now or it'll never get done" idea hits me. His knack for hiding has probably saved us a fair bit of money, so he's really doing both of us a favor. Nesting in moderation, that's what we're shooting for. And really, Bucky won't know the difference between just a washer and dryer, and a washer and dryer with a folding station, and cabinets, and shelves for detergent, and a hanging bar to dry delicates, and an ironing station, and..."
--Clare, 10/19/05
posted by RB at 2:02 PM
1 Comments:
I don't hide... I strategically place myself in an opportune location as to avoid chores... this usually involves drinking [whiskey] in the basement behind the water-heater.
[p.s. I have a much higher filth tolerance than Clare and I apologize to her.]
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