Sometimes I catch myself saying...

This weekend we had our first meal at home with all the roommates. It was great just to sit down together at home and share a meal.

Since my other roommate cooked, I invoked the rule, if you cook you don't clean. As I started the washing the dishes, some cleaning concerns of mine came up. First, I saw the other girls "wash" dishes by just running lukewarm water over them and putting them away. This started a little rant on the necessity of hot water, soap and germs. I caught myself saying "to get the dishes really clean you need to wash them with really hot, soapy water." And then I saw the sponge soaking in cold dirty water and I just threw it away. I knew my roommates would continue to use it and simply spread germs and not kill them, they thought that was pretty hilarious.

Then we discussed the fact that I am the only one to take out the garbage every day and I caught myself saying "If everybody just did a little everyday, it wouldn't get so dirty."

Next, the topic of the dishes in the living room came up and I caught myself saying "the dishes didn't walk in here themselves and they certainly won't walk out themselves."

And after one of my roommates sneezed in her hands and I mentioned that was the incorrect way to catch a sneeze, my roommates tagged me a germ-a-phob and the cleaning nut.

I don't think my parents ever thought it was possible that 1) I was listening to their cleaning lectures because I am so messy at home and 2) that I would be the "clean one" anywhere.


Apparently, all those lectures worked, because apartment is staying fairly neat and as germ-free as possible.

But I don't like the fact that I am quoting my parents pretty much verbatim.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!