Linen day is always my most hated day (and that would be Mondays). Full linen day is every other week and I hate it twice as much. It means every duvet, pillow, shame and bed throws all get washed and it's exhausting. I only do it for our bedroom, Romeo and Gia's. I try to encourage Ava and Lucia to do their own but they don't usually until it just gets so gross and I eventually "force" them to do it (and it's me helping at every step).
So today was "full" linen day and it was awful, my arms till hurt from getting all the comforters out of their duvets and then back into them. The point of this story though is mostly that during this dreaded process, I happen to open the linen cabinet upstairs and was tempted to shove the stuff I wasn't using back in but then I realized it looked like a mess and I had no excuse to not just clean it right then. So I did, and I ended up with a good size pile of linens that we weren't using (and in fact didn't even have a bed to use them on--Romeo's old twin sheets were useless with no twin beds in the entire house). So I put all of those linens aside to also donate to the women's shelter when this quarantine gets lifted. We focus on clothing during our WHW event, but really they are in desperate need of all kinds of soft goods too. Sheets, toiletries, etc. Women (and more often than not their children) leave violent homes with nothing but the clothes on their back. They have to set up a new home, and the shelter makes sure they have not only the clothing they need, but also other soft goods they will need to get settled into a new place. SO, just a reminder as you are cleaning out your closets--linen closets count too!
Here's something cool that I came across today, the word wabi-sabi, which is a Japanese word which means "finding beauty in imperfections". I thought that was an awesome word and also very fun to say.
On another note, I was reminded today of all the Zoom "don'ts" which really are the same as real life "don'ts" except multiple it by 5 because anything you do on camera is magnified and worse than if you were in person. I was in a meeting for Romeo's class today about home schooling. It was put on by his teacher and included all the parents. There were probably 25 parents on the call, and you could see all the little insets and I realized what a spot light this whole Zoom thing is. It's one thing when you are on a call with a handful of your besties, drinking wine. You don't notice anything. However, if you are listening to a boring speech that you have already heard at least 4 times by the school district via email and voicemail, then you tend to just stare at the other people on the call and simultaneously realize how much you actually hate Zoom when it's not a fun call (you'll also wish you'd put on a cuter top and some mascara). I saw some awfully goofy things going on among the inset pics. Hey dad of some kid I don't know, maybe now isn't the time to keep trying to fix your hair in the mirror. Hey mom of another kid I don't know, maybe don't keep sticking your pen into your ear, it looks dangerous AND gross. Hey other dad of another kid I don't know, itching your nose does NOT include ANY amount of your finger actually going INTO your nose. Seriously, all true.
To keep up with my challenge today, I called my little sister who I haven't actually spoken to in probably two months. By "spoken to" I mean with words on the phone. We do text periodically, but that's not really the same. So I called her today and had a very nice conversation, and it felt good to finally talk to her. She's 8 year my junior and we were never quite as close growing up because of our age difference, so it's just sort of carried over into adulthood. She's great though, and I really want to make a bigger effort to talk to her so this challenge was the perfect motivator! Anyone else expand their circle?
Big thanks to everyone who has shopped the WHW event so far, and THANK YOU for consciously gathering those things that our sisters need. Women are the heart and soul of the world, let's face it, and it's up to us to protect each other and support each other. We can and we will!
Signed, ME {lvl}
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