We didn't get very far into the day today before I was feeling cranky. My knees are still hurting and I'm feeling pretty frustrated that my running was killed, or at least paused, so quickly. That, and anytime I have both kids crying, at the same time, for a good portion of time, I start feeling overwhelmed and it's easy to be upset. Today was one of those days.
As I was feeling irritated, I took a quick inventory of bodily irritants and realized that the pants I was wearing were uncomfortable. In that moment, I decided that I was sick and tired of uncomfortable clothes being one more thing bothering me, so I marched into my closet to do a purge.
I wish I would have taken a "before" picture, because our closet was such a mess. It's been another one of those neglect it forever places, and I think the last time I did a thorough organization was last year. I went through and bagged up all those pants that are too low rise and I have to pull up all day when I play on the floor with the kids, I got rid of shirts that were too snug or that I hadn't worn in years but was still hanging onto for some reason. It felt so good. The kids were fairly whiney while I was doing it, but they were whiney before, so onward ho! Eventually I had to stop to feed them lunch, so they won in the end.
After they went down for naps I finished up and this afternoon we dropped a bunch of stuff off at the DI. I feel like I was channeling that lady who writes the minimalist book that everyone raves about, who says you should get rid of things that don't bring you joy. I didn't go quite that far, but if it was something that brought me irritation- out it went!
Here's the finished product, it makes me so happy to look at:
I'm going to admit that it triggers a little OCD for me that Marty's hangers don't all match, but he just doesn't see the value of throwing out perfectly functional hangers and replacing them with ones we had to pay money for, so I digress.
Real love folks, that's what that is.Labels: Marriage, Motherhood
