Circle of dirt

I spent a large chunk of my day cleaning. And not my usually half-assed job either, but a proper and thorough job. As everyone knows, I hate cleaning. I don't mind vacuuming all that much since I got the Dyson. There's something very satisfying about watching it suck up all that dirt. Dusting is boring, but not that bad. I just don't think to do it until the dust gets fairly thick. Same with sweeping the floors. Washing the dishes gets me a clean kitchen, and that's pretty important to me, so I generally find it worthwhile. Laundry is easy since we moved in to our house and were freed from the tyranny of the crappy frontloading/stackable unit we had in the condo. But oh, how I hate cleaning the bathrooms with every fiber of my being.

Part of the reason is that I used to feel ill after cleaning the bathrooms, so I did some research and then switched from super chemical cleaners to hippy dippy natural cleaners. But I still felt lousy after cleaning, and then I read an article that said it is the aerosol nature of the cleaners that can cause headaches and make you feel awful. So then I switched to an all natural cleaner that I mix with water and scrub on with a brush or sponge, no spraying allowed. That did help me feel better physically, but it did not magically make me want to start cleaning the bathrooms. They are places where we use soap and water. Shouldn't they be self cleaning?

Our hall bath gets incredibly dusty for some reason, and then the dust mixes with moisture and forms this annoying film over everything. I don't use the hall bath much, so I forget about the dust weirdness until I go in there to clean. It's a special little surprise for me every time! On top of that, the previous owners of this house were absolutely obsessed with child safety. They had put down some sort of anti-skid stuff on the floor of the tub that didn't come off properly. You can't really see it until it starts attracting dirt and changes colors. And it is a pain to get off too.

The other bathrooms don't get as dusty, although they each have their own special little irritations. The mirror in the half bath is flimsy and the pedestal sink never really seems clean to me. I suspect that the soap dish in the shower in the master bath is not the original, as it is kind of awkwardly caulked on to the wall, and the grout under it gets grotty. I always wonder what could have happened to the original.

Oh well, at least I don't have to clean them again for a while. Or wait, I think my point at the beginning of this post was that I should really clean more frequently so it wouldn't be such an ordeal...perhaps I'll try to change my ways.