OMG. I just have to get this out there.
When my younger son was growing up, I was told he is very literal. So if you tell him to clean the living room, he will go clean. but not the entire room. he may clean the coffee table of put away some stuff from out there, but not the entire room, because I didn't say Clean the entire living room.
Both my boys are grown, my younger is 19. He was in college but he burned his hand real bad at work and could not use it for much for about 3 weeks. He was attending a culinary college. so obviously he could not do any of the hands on assignments and since he is right handed, most of the written ones were out also. so he failed a class. the dean told him he was out of school till he wrote a letter apologizing for missing classes and failing the class. he refused to do so. He moved back in while look for an apartment near the job where he burned himself. Yes, it is that good of a job. and his title is chef, so he likes the job.
He has a few chores since he moved back in. Put away the clean dishes, both from the dishwasher and if I wash anything by hand. Keep his room clean and take the garbage to the curb. I know, your thinking, wow that is hardly anything. You would think I was asking him to cut off his right nut or something. To take the trash to the curb. you have to put all the bags of trash into the back of my truck and drive it down the 3/4 mile driveway and put them in a big plastic box every Tuesday. seriously, I take it out of the cans in the house and stack it by the door to get it to the truck. and at least half the time, it never gets moved. he will so, he does it more. So I will give him 3/4's of the time done. but how hard is that to do??? ok, on his room. I know it is real hard to take the clean clothes and hang them up or put then in a dresser, and by putting them all over the floor, it makes a nice soft clothes rug to walk on. that way your feet don't get cold. and it is so much easier to toss the trash in his room near the trash then take the extra two steps to get it all into the can.
But my biggest grip is the dishes. I tell him to please get all the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and put them away. and he does! but Silverware is NOT a dish, it is a utensil. it will remain in the dishwasher. And if I wash things by hand, like large ladles or the good chef's knives and leave them on a towel on the counter, they will stay there till I put them away or they get used again. because they are NOT dishes.
I understand he gets all this from his father. He is also literal in his own special way. I do not DARE send him to the store without written instructions ,including pictures. with him, you never know what your getting. I was sitting on the couch and asked him for some chips, that he was pouring into a bowl for himself. he walked over and gave me 3. another time he will being me the entire bag. I have 9 cats now cause I told him having a couple cats around will help combat all the field mice we had a problem with. I once told him I liked Epson salts to soak in at night. he bought me 3 bags. but on the other hand, I hat bubble baths and he bought me a gallon jug of bubbles cause he remembered I said something about bubble baths.
I just needed to vent about dishes and other things. sometimes you just need to write it out and send it to the world so you can get past how crazy life makes you. I will now go back to working un updating my jewelry inventory and helping the world sparkle a little bit more is $5 Jewelry!
Night all. and keep sparkling!
