Thread by @RachelBitecofer

1. Having accepted the limits of launching things during the week of Xmas- I've spent 2 days cleaning my living room.

Think about how dirty a house must be to need to spend 2 days cleaning 1 part of your house!

(Context: I'm doing it alone, part of my Xmas gift is 4 days

2. w/o the rest of my family, alone in the pandemic house. That's right, after 9 mths of day-after-day being in this house w my fellow ADHD-riddled housemates, I'm getting a 4 day kid break. But bc of the job transitioning, we don't have $ to afford cleaning help so I do all of

3. the housework. The hubs "chips in." And he is your go-to guy when the toilet clogs, washer breaks, or any other major job comes up., but like many MANY Gen X/Millennial women, egalitarianism is a cruel joke when it comes to housework and parenting. I have high hope for my

4. Zoomer counterparts though, and intend to dish out tons of advice on how to avoid my situation on the 'Stack (ultimately, do you divorce the father of your child over dishes? My hubs, rightly, gambles "no," the shrewd bastard!) And, as you might have noticed, I work a lot.

5. Any not working time is poured into my special needs son. So housework...yeah. Let's just say 2020 Operation Save America allowed actual grime to accrue in some places. So it is the at some point I HAD to hit pause & clean this house. This week is that pause- nevermind that

6. I'm also in the middle of launching the 2 things that will also pay my pills. The grime must go! I'm actually grateful the logo design place closed down bc that's what started the focus on cleaning the house. I no longer have to block the delivery driver's view into the house!

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