so, being that it is august 19th i should have known better than to sleep in with the windows open. anyone who lives near the lake this time of year should understand that you WILL be awoken to fighter jets flying at high speeds past your building damn near breaking the sound barrier.

considering the jolt i was awoken to (sort of like that scene in pulp fiction where mia wallace is revived with the epi-pen straight into her heart) i decided it was time to finally try and put the shoes away. somehow, in my delirious response to this kitchen, i failed to realize the severely small closets that come with this apartment. granted the place was occupied when we looked at it, but still, a shoe whore such as myself should at least make sure the children have proper housing. i have been pacing around all morning trying to envision where all of my clothes will go.

when we opened our crate and removed the 8,000 garbage bags of clothes we were relieved that everything was intact and didn't have the putrid smell of the fish dispensary that is the neighbor to the storage facility. whoever decided that mess should be shot. we had to make sure the u-haul was blocking the downwind aroma of fish innards as we swiftly unloaded the crate. and let me tell you it took us all of 20 minutes to do so.

so upon opening the 8,000 bags of clothes, we realized that everything smelled like crate. musty, woody, crate. jon insisted that all his clothes be washed which is quite understandable. with each load i was singing hallelujah to our back porch washer and dryer. i decided that i would wash all jon's clothes first because a.) he has less clothes than i do and b.) he actually has to leave the house 5 days a week whereas me being unemployed n'all i can walk around in the same clothes all week or naked for that matter.

i've done so much laundry that i actually considered not washing my clothes. then the other night i attempted to sleep in a shirt that was all cratey and unwashed. the watery eyes, sneezing, and collapsing alveoli convinced me otherwise.

so here i am 23 loads of laundry later and i probably have about 10 more to go. ugh.