Jobs writers/editors/proofreaders should not do

Did I mention that writers who are also editors and proofreaders should not mop?

Last weekend, I decided to sweep and mop our Texas-sized bathroom floor, a job my husband usually does adequately in about 15 or 20 minutes. Both parts. It only took me two days. Well, not all day each day, but it took all the housecleaning energy I had each day. I had nothing left for anything else.

Vacuuming. Well, you know, there are those little protrusions on the door panels ... and the tops of the light fixtures ... and, obviously, the baseboards ... and the tops of the door frames. Blinds. The little rubber rests on the bottom of the scale. It is possible to vacuum a bathroom from ceiling to floor. I know.

The mopping might have gone okay if I hadn't called Todd while he was grocery shopping (which is a whole 'nuther problem for me) to ask how he got up the stubborn spots. Oh, yeah! Scrub brush. It really works well on the grout between the tiles, too. There was stuff between those tiles I swear had been there for much too long. Too bad I didn't know about the brush when I did the first pass. Of course, all that extra yuck that came up with the brush wouldn't possibly rinse away with just one more pass. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

I'm not O/C, I promise. But, this is why I am only allowed to vacuum and mop the bathroom quarterly.