My son came back to say that he never found the ultra-clever gray bucket, but he did find the decorations. They were strewn on the floor in front of the shelves in the mind-blowing chaos that is the basement workshop.
I suddenly realized that we had never gotten the decorations put away completely at the end of last summer. They just got carried down to the basement and set on the floor because the bucket was otherwise occupied with something that wasn't "Summer Decorations". (Insert a deep sigh here for the poor gray bucket that is now somewhere in my house having a year-long identity crisis.)
Yep. I'm that far behind. Last summer's decorations just sat out all year waiting to be properly put away.
The funny thing is that it really doesn't bother me that much. If you know me at all, you know that normally it would bother me a lot, but not this time. I actually think it is absolutely hilarious!
Either I'm just too tired to let it bother me, or I've finally come to grips with the reality that life happens, and the decorations aren't too high on the list of priorities. Making dinner and teaching math trumped summer-decoration organization. (And I'm OK with that.)
Maybe I was actually just thinking ahead instead of being that far behind. After all, look how easy it was to get out the summer decorations this year:
Step 1: Walk down the stairs.
Step 2: Step over other piles.
Step 3: Pick up decorations off the floor.
Step 4: Dust off and carry upstairs.
Step 5: Put out around the house.
Last fall when I left them on the floor in front of the shelves, I bet I was actually thinking ahead to this summer...
Yeah, that's it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I'm just going to think of myself as a decoration visionary.
And guess what?
If you went down into my basement right now, you would know that I'm also a Christmas decoration visionary. Those strings of lights will be right handy come December!
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