My son has a girlfriend and I am forced to clean!!

My youngest son, recently age 16, has a new girlfriend.    He had her over to the house about 2 weeks back, and well needles to say, I am not a Miss Clean by any means.  I would rather be doing my hobbies than cleaning everyday.  I also work full-time.  That said, I am the only female in a house of 3 males who would rather be doing anything else besides cleaning as well.   I feel resentful sometimes when they are all sitting back relaxing in the evenings and I am doing chores, so I have learned to slack off a little bit more.

Back to the girlfriend visiting.  There was no way we could have a new friend over without cleaning first.  I mean, I even tell my family to call before coming over so we can have a run-through-the-house-and-shove-things-in-other-rooms cleaning spree.  But this was different.  We knew she was coming, so we cleaned rather than shove.  It actually felt pretty good to declutter and tidy up.  It got the rest of the family involved with the cleaning as well.   Of course, we did not do it so it was spotless - our house is lived in, not a showcase.  It has remained fairly tidy for the past 2 weeks, but she is coming back today after school.

Guess what I will try to do in small spurts while working from home today?  Redding up (it's a Pittsburgh term that I grew up with) and couple of loads of laundry (wushing, as I call it - another 'burgh term), but I will probably feel better after it's done.  His girlfriend might turn out to be a good thing for me too - more estrogen in the house and a little neater home.