Listening to:

Depeche Mode, Sounds of the Universe

I did rest for awhile but didn't actually sleep. Now I'm making the first loaf of bread, I've consolidated the plants and watered them, and I've straightened up several areas of the house. The problem with the plants were that in the bedroom I couldn't easily open the window, because there were two rows of plants, some large, in the way. Now I have plants and my clock on the top of my computer hutch, many more are on the blocks and boards in front of the living room window (but just one row, so you can reach the windows to open them), and just one row of small violets in the bedroom. I did find the source of the fruit flies--apparently I had some cherries in reusable bag that never made it back into the refrigerator and decayed. When I picked up the bag to throw them away, I got cherry juice on the carpet, which I've done a decent job of blotting away, but it looked a bit like someone opened a vein in here.

Tomorrow I have several errands to do for my friends. Wednesday is class, so Thursday might be the next time I have to work on things here. So I'll still have things to do. The two things I'd like to do tonight are gather up the plastic bags to take out with me tomorrow, and also I need to fill the fish tanks, really. If I can't get that done tonight (as it is getting late, and it's kind of labour intensive), then tomorrow for sure. They're both at about half, which isn't good. Tomorrow morning I can take the trash and recyclables out if I can get up early enough. So Thursday there's:

1. Cleaning out the refrigerator.
2. Going through the clothes and putting the ones I keep away.
3. Doing bills and finance things.
4. Putting back the things that go in the walk-in closet.
5. Working on the bedroom some more.
6. Work on the floors.
7. Doing dishes.

Okay, if I'm going to get anything done before bed, I'd better get going, then go on to sleep until the bread is finished, as I have to get up very early tomorrow. Good night.

Left to do

1. Finish straightening up house
2. Clean out refrigerator
3. Clean bathroom
4. Sweep/mop bath and kitchen
5. Vacuum carpet
6. Dust
7. Water plants
8. Water fish
9. Watch The Color Purple with friends

I have to admit, I'm not feeling the cleaning bit right now. Maybe I need some caffeine. I don't really feel like getting showered and going out just yet, either. I think I'll put some shorts and a top on and walk over to the laundry room to see if I can get a Diet Coke, something to jump start me a bit (I don't care for coffee or tea). Then I'll see if I can give it a go. I got rid of a lot of the fruit flies but there are still some stragglers, so I don't know if we'll be able to watch the movie over here anyway. But I need to get the house put together for me, regardless.

So I got a little side-tracked

because my friends asked me to come over to their house to help with a project. But that is now complete, and I am now home again. I have the windows open again. A car alarm has been going off for several minutes now, but it has finally stopped. I have made two homemade traps for the fruit flies, one in the kitchen and one in the bath. These consist of a jelly jar with a piece of banana in it, with a taped piece of paper in the shape of a cone that has been placed inside the jar. The idea is that the flies can get in, but can't fly out, and get trapped in the jar, and then you can kill them or take them outside. We'll see if it works at all. It's one of those things that are popular on the Internet, but you don't really know if they work until you try.

So I should figure out what to do next. I'll leave the kitchen and bath alone to try to lure the flies in. That leaves the bedroom, which is a bit daunting, with the laundry that needs collecting, or the living/dining area, which is looking much better already, but will be where we watch the movie if I can get this place shaped up. We'll see. I think I will take a few minutes to enjoy this lovely afternoon, though. It's sunny, the birds are singing, and there's a light breeze. All in all, it's been a nice day. Then I'll work on the house for awhile, and see what progress I can make.