I had a housecleaner come in for a half-day every other week when I was in graduate school and it made a huge difference for me in being able to keep things together the rest of the time. It is money well-spent.

Kitchen is clean. I'll fold some laundry and take it in with when I head for bed in a few minutes, but it won't all be folded. Motrin is my friend after all of that lifting and pushing today, so I'll take one and leave the bottle out for when I roll out of bed tomorrow. I also have several little blister spots from the repetitive motion of unscrewing everything to separate the sections of the greenhouse yesterday.

I did a little yard work this evening before dark - my sunflowers (the native Texas type that get huge and then slowly tip over, usually in the most inconvenient direction) needed trimming so I lopped off a bunch of branches in the driveway and they're piled at the curb for the trash guys tomorrow. Lots left for the birds to enjoy here.

SRS