Daily Life et Autre Choses...

MY BRAND NEW HOUSEOWNING FRIEND, REBECCA, SAYS HOUSE CLEANING IS SO MUCH WORK!

I do remember how much work that was. But you know, my car was so CLEAN during the first year that I lived it in California. I gave it a vacuum cleaning every six weeks, I folded my blanket and sleeping bag neatly on the back seat, I organized my folders and books in front of passenger seat, I put towels on every seat when I went to the beach to keep my car sand-free…I was the world's most organized homeless person!!

But NOW, my poor car will never see those days again. It’s lucky if it gets a vacuum once a season. It always looks like a cyclone just hit it. The faster I empty stuff out, more stuff gets in. Nothing gets folded anymore. I must be perfecting my own style - not true bag-lady, but something more like homeless gourmet (the messy variety).

I’m no longer as concerned what people think about me…this must be part of it. Part of it is also the geographic/cultural shift – there were so many homeless people in California that people would walk by the cars of others and actually say shit like, “It looks like your homeless.” Here in Maryland, people don’t even think that way – they just assume you have a messy car, and that it’s none of their business. But part of it is that the novelty has worn off, and laziness chez moi au voiture is a wonderful thing.