Thursday, October 2, 2008

Scary moment

Having a husband who studies all the time is the best thing for a dirty house. I'm not a neat freak but I am clean and orderly, except when BWB and I are together. For some reason, his messiness rubs off on me. Ever since he moved into my townhouse, I can't keep it clean. Ever. We were always so busy doing fun stuff together that cleaning house was never a priority. I've hired a maid but she has all but given up on keeping it neat. She dusts around the messes. Anyways, ever since law school started, BWB has been spending 10, 12, sometimes 14 hours at school. When I get home from work, I have 5 hours to myself every night until he gets home. At first, it was great because I didn't have to watch TV shows he likes. It was all "Dancing with the Stars" and "Desperate Housewives" and "Sex and the City" reruns all the time. But now, I'm a little bored. So last night, I decided to get this house back in order. I decided to start with the smallest room, the kitchen pantry. See, I have a habit of keeping boxes of things I buy. My thought is that when I move, I'll have the box the item came in. So the pantry was full of boxes for the scale, the pots and pans, the glasses, even the box for the carpet steamer cleaner. After an hour and a half of breaking down boxes, sweeping the floor, organizing the food, and taking out the trash, I was exhausted. My back ached, my stomach started to cramp and my legs felt like jello. At 1 am, about two hours since the cleaning frenzy, I went to pee (something I do a lot these days) and noticed a pink tint on the tissue. My stomach was still cramping pretty bad and my back was throbbing. In a panic, I dialed my doctor's calling service and request a call back. She said the only thing to do is to monitor the bleeding. If it gets worse, then get myself to an emergency room. I woke up every hour or so to check my undies. And every time I feel wetness, my entire body would go cold. It was so nerve wracking. But this morning, the spotting has stopped, the pain in my stomach has decrease to a slight ache and my back didn't hurt anymore. BWB was so furious with me for not taking it easy. I'm not sure if that was related to my cleaning episode but I will take it easy from now on. But you should see the pantry. Marth Stewart would be proud

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