perfection or nothing

this girl...

is lovely

caring

delightful

bubbly

beautiful

friendly

talented

curious

hard working

SMART

did i mention lovely?

and i adore her

but she is also

a perfectionist

which can be kind of rough

because she has a very full schedule

there's just not enough TIME during the week

to devote to cleaning her room the way she wants it to be clean

on saturdays when she does clean it, it can take HOURS - for real.

because every little thing has to be organized and reorganized to death

during the week, there's no time for such details

which means she doesn't clean it at all

so usually looks something like this...

sort of a "perfection or nothing" approach

saturdays are perfection,

weekdays are nothing

and when i said being a perfectionist can be kind of rough -

i meant rough on ME

because in this house, her room is what i see across the hall

every time i leave my room

and it makes me completely insane to see this mess

all

the

time.

but really, i've mostly tried to make peace with it

because if that's the worst thing, i'll take it

so i try not to nag her too much about the room

i said try

because i know it's just not that important in the grand scheme of things

and she's so lovely, i'll take her perfectionist or nothing room

especially over, you know, piercings and drugs and worse.

with that said,

a few weeks ago, i learned something new about my girl...

this girl

this darling, beautiful, lovely, talented, perfectionist with a messy room....

will do

ANYTHING

including cleaning her room in the middle of the week

WITHOUT BEING ASKED

for a chance...

to drive

and if you think i'm not taking advantage of this, you're wrong.