So... Today, I decided I should probably save my room from officially being certified a tip. I'm probably the only live thing that ever goes into my room and comes out in any semblance of a similar state. Everything else just goes to my room to die. It's not that's it's dirty at all, it's just... full of stuff, stuff that generates an incredible amount of dust. It's untidy, dusty, and therefore not fit for anyone's use really.
The mass excavation has begun.
At 1200 hours, armed with a face scarf and some bin bags, I made a move on No Man's Land.
I promptly retreated.
I've never thought it physically possible for one room to hold so much dust. I eventually managed to organise everything under my bed into toppling piles, with the help of Newton Faulkner in the background and a cup of tea every half hour, and now I'm stuck with this even bigger mess that I won't be able to sort out until I come back after the weekend. Well, at least the signs of progress are there. I've also been given an excuse to avoid my room for a while: I happened to be headbutted in the face by Stephi, the very territorial tortoise that lives in our kitchen. She still looks like a fossil after attempting to bury herself in a brick wall two weeks ago. She's had at least 5 baths since then. -.-
I may be procrastinating, but progress has certainly been made. Gone is the ever-growing pile of books beside my bed, as are a few shirts I don't really wear and my worn-out Mario Mushroom slippers.
During out of my numerous tea-breaks, I also unearthed a bundle of bamboo we'd got from my aunty and her boyfriend, who have a little patch of it growing in their garden. They warned us to let it dry out properly first or it would start rooting in our flower beds, so that's exactly what we didn't do. I think my mum's trying to grow a small forest. O.o Either way, we've got some bamboo stalks that will hopefully start sprouting relatively soon, and I successfully broke some garden clippers trying to separate the bamboo segments.
Well, that's it for my progress report, I'm off to pack for what should be a lovely weekend at the Walpole Park Blues Festival with my dad. :3
~Ryan
Current Book: The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan.
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