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When I was teaching school, raising kids, riding herd on defective canines, serving on too many church committees and taking graduate classes every summer I always had my windows washed by the middle of June. So how come, seven years post-teaching career, with the kids grown, the dog shipped off to my brother and his sweet wife, my church work pared to the bare minimum and no more sitting at the feet of professors, it\u2019s June 28th and the windows still aren\u2019t washed?<\/p>\n

Correction. One window is washed. One measly kitchen window, the one pictured above, which I washed this morning because I could no longer stand the dead soy beetles that cascade down whenever I open the window.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thinking the wedding guests might find the rain of the soy beetle corpses a tad bit gross, too, so the top item on this week\u2019s to do list is WASH WINDOWS. Yes, the words are written in all caps. And yes, they shout at me every time I consult the list.<\/p>\n

Now I know what you\u2019re thinking. This woman is a compulsive nut. Her daughter\u2019s getting married in two weeks, and she\u2019s washing windows. That\u2019s what you\u2019re thinking.<\/p>\n

But you are wrong! This item has been on the list since April, and every week I\u2019ve calmly transferred it to the next week – or the week after that – depending on my schedule and the weather, which has not cooperated for the past two weeks. Such flexibility and good humor does not describe someone in the grips of compulsivity, now does it?<\/p>\n

With this week\u2019s forecast for sunshine and mild temperatures, this is my Carpe Diem opportunity. It\u2019s time to seize the day, and wash a couple easy windows every morning before sitting down to write. It\u2019s time to seize the husband in the evenings so he can help with the hard to reach windows, including the one covered with bird droppings which is adjacent to the oak tree under which the sweethearts will be married. It\u2019s time to seize the week and clean to my heart\u2019s content, banishing the soy beetle corpses to a watery grave.<\/p>\n

Some of you may consider all this seizure activity as further evidence of compulsiveness. I prefer to describe it as concern for our house guests. Whatever way you look at it, one fact remains. With one window down and twenty-nine to go, it\u2019s time to seize the windows.<\/p>\n

By the fistful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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