Dirty Dishes

Today feels like a "dirty dishes" kind of day.  And one might wonder what does a dirty dishes kind of day feel like?

 Perhaps the image will help....

This is the mess that greeted me this morning.  Last night, I was too lazy to clean out, reload and run the dishwasher. No one took out the trash or cleaned up their breakfast dishes. Of course, where they would have put said breakfast dishes is beyond me. 
Any "normal" wife/mother would have done these things.  If not last night, then first thing this morning.  Well, I've never claimed to be normal and I work from home.  So like everyone else, I (after snapping a photo), I walked right past the mess and into my office. 

Upon opening my e-mail (my contractor's account to my place of employment expired and was inaccessible for almost 48 hours), I was greeted with an e-mail that looked a bit like my counter top. It should have been an easy fix, but since we just rolled out a new process yesterday, I needed to do some cleaning up before I could move forward.

I'm just going to be upfront about it... I don't feel like cleaning my own kitchen up... why would I want to deal with a mess at work.  [Oh and in case no one filled you in on my personal philosophy... my family comes first and the kitchen is the most important place to have clean] So you gotta figure, if I've allowed it to go to "hit by a tornado" look over night... I'm completely lacking in all motivation!

To top things off, I called to reconfirm my lunch plans with a friend and since she was feeling equally "Blah" about it, we rescheduled for next week.  A day perhaps when we would not sit and look at each other wondering why we left the cozy comforts of our home.  Unfortunately, my mom caught wind that we were meeting up at the mall and asked me to pick up a book for her.  Alas, I think I may have to head out there anyway.

So here I sit, debating... now that my lunch meet up with at Mommy-friend was cancelled... with the extra time on my hands do I:

• blog?
• clean up the kitchen?
• head to the mall anyway?
• all of the above?

To be honest, my choice will probably be "all of the above."  Not because I feel particularly motivated about anything, but rather because, I know I'll be a basket case coming home at 5:30 after Sean's speech therapy and walk in to be greeted by the visual explosion that is my messy kitchen.  I feel obligated to pick up that book for my mom (which means at some point, I also have to go to her house and drop it off...). The chilly air outside and the dusting of snow (probably hiding some ice) is not helping matters at all.

While I've taken the time to blog, the fairies have not shown up to clean the kitchen... better roll up my sleeves and take care of business.