1 post tagged “mania”

mania |ˈmānēə|
noun
mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.

I may have had a minor manic attack this morning. When I woke up, I decided that I needed to clean my bathroom. This is very odd for me because I detest housework! I am very rarely inclined to even 'straighten up,' and in those cases it's not so much that I feel like it as much as it's that I'm tired of kicking shit out of my way to get across a room. I'm terribly unorganized, and I seem to have the Midas touch for clutter. Everywhere I go, I leave a trail of receipts, grocery lists, to-do lists, junk mail, etc, etc. They're in my purses (all of them), my car, on my desk, on the table, on the kitchen counter, in the pockets of all my sweaters and jackets, stuffed into books... EVERYWHERE!

But I digress.

This morning, I decided to clean the bathroom. So I did. But once I started, I couldn't stop. It was so much more than my usual sweeping up of scattered kitty litter, wiping down mirrors and counters, and calling it a day. So, so much more. Not only did I clean my toilet, but I took a toothbrush to the hinges of the seat and lid. I windexed my trashcan. I dusted my plunger! I took a toothbrush, then q-tips, then my fingernails to the faucet.  I dusted the light switch plate. And the door jamb! I wiped off all the baseboards and the walls. I was a cleaning machine on a mission! All the while scrubbing, scrubbing, scrubbing as if my life depended on it, sweating, and cursing  all the tiny bits of dust and hair that just didn't seem to go away.  And, no, I hadn't taken any crystal meth prior to my cleaning frenzy. My manic behavior was all natural. Although very weird and out of character for me. Oh well. At least I got a clean bathroom out of it. A REALLY clean bathroom.