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Jun. 26th, 2025 09:42 amYesterday was derailed spectacularly. I went home for lunch as usual, to find M in an absolute rampage with the vacuum cleaner. He was fuming over the fly situation, and was attempting to clean every surface in the house with what is basically a glorified dustbuster. (It's a Shark vacuum geared toward people with pets, a pre-kid purchase.) It was overheating, the baby was upset because daddy was Big Mad and also because she hates the vacuum cleaner, and the furniture was all cattywampus. Have I mentioned that he doesn't handle stress well?
He begged me to stay home the rest of the day, which I did, and I took over cleaning duties so he could go back to work (he had a half-dozen accounts land on his desk.) Since the vacuum was malfunctioning, I just swept everything up as best I could, then went in with Lysol and paper towels and scrubbed the floor afterward. All the big furniture pieces were moved in order to find any hidden treasures (like goldfish crackers and cheese cubes) that the baby had hidden away (there were many), and everything was scrubbed multiple times to eliminate food residue.
M managed to find our large bottle of bug spray, so he did a perimeter sweep and sprayed all the entrances into the house that the flies could be using to get in.
Baby went down for her nap, and I took a bit of break to have some lunch, then cleaning recommenced. I think the living room is probably the cleanest it's been in a while, and we've vowed to remain vigilant about crumbs and sticky messes so the flies have nothing to be attracted to. Now we just need to get the kitchen squared away, and the main part of the house will be done.
Had leftover roast and green beans for dinner, with another noodle box to supplement. Not enough roast left for dinner tonight, so I'll have to come up with something else.
He begged me to stay home the rest of the day, which I did, and I took over cleaning duties so he could go back to work (he had a half-dozen accounts land on his desk.) Since the vacuum was malfunctioning, I just swept everything up as best I could, then went in with Lysol and paper towels and scrubbed the floor afterward. All the big furniture pieces were moved in order to find any hidden treasures (like goldfish crackers and cheese cubes) that the baby had hidden away (there were many), and everything was scrubbed multiple times to eliminate food residue.
M managed to find our large bottle of bug spray, so he did a perimeter sweep and sprayed all the entrances into the house that the flies could be using to get in.
Baby went down for her nap, and I took a bit of break to have some lunch, then cleaning recommenced. I think the living room is probably the cleanest it's been in a while, and we've vowed to remain vigilant about crumbs and sticky messes so the flies have nothing to be attracted to. Now we just need to get the kitchen squared away, and the main part of the house will be done.
Had leftover roast and green beans for dinner, with another noodle box to supplement. Not enough roast left for dinner tonight, so I'll have to come up with something else.