When do you do dishes?

[Nurse2bSandy]

Just a note... I am not anal about a clean house...

That stated, I am finding it hard to figure out when to do these things... there's always something for school to do. DH is very helpful but gone this week.

I came home from school on Friday feeling very overwhelmed. That night I laid in bed and relaxed myself by reminding myself that I had nothing really due this next week... just a math for meds quiz.

Well, Sunday I was reading in bed and decided to do the wellness eval that was required. When I finished I found out that I was very lopsided in the fitness area... and not positively. The eval only gave points for exercise 5 times a week... something I haven't worked into my schedule. I also found out that my crying (occaisionally over things that hurt me... question that I answered) was considered "aggressive" on my part.

That night I had a continuing dream... I was taking a test and couldn't find my pen. I was really behind. It was an essay test... where I rock... but I hadn't done my reading. When I would get a bit done, the pen would disappear again. I would get so upset that I would crawl under the desk and CRY!!!

I learned some things from that dream... be prepared... and don't do homework in bed!!!:roll

[kahumai, RN]

The live-in BF and I came to an agreement during my first week of nursing school. I do upstairs, he does downstairs. Every weekend, usually Sunday afternoons, I clean up the bathroom, the bedroom, and vaccuum everything, along with the laundry, which never gets completely finished. He gets stuck with all the cooking (which he likes to do and is *much* better at anyway) and does all the dishes. Meanwhile, I thank him for a delicious dinner and head upstairs to do homework. It seems to work out, and we always know what we're supposed to do. And, my job is only once a week!

[neonatalRN]

LMBO....about 5 days after we use them....have a sinkful now.

Heidi

[boopchick]

When every dish I own is sitting in the sink.....:roll (just kidding)...this is not too far from the truth at times around here though. What I want to know is how to get my 2 teenage kids to help out more around her while I am working and going to school! The mess doesn't bother them in the least and I just cannot find the time and energy to "do it all".

[SirJohnny]

Nurse2bSandy:

- When do I clean house?

1. When the litter pan reeks so bad that even my cats (I have

two persians) eyes start to water. Although last semester,

I bought two new litter pans and just put the "full" ones out

on the porch until after finals.

Yeah, I trashed the place pretty good last semester.

2. When I am having a terrible day studying and want to

procrastinate. I go into "clean mode" on days like this and

do laundry, wash litter pans, do garbage and pay bills.

3. When this is all done - I am pretty beat - so just take a long

nap. When I get up (even at 2AM), I feel better and am good

for 2 or 3 hours of studying.

John Coxey