ShepAlder Trek Phase 2: Cleaning

We are finally in Grand Forks and dealing with all of the unexpected idiosyncrasies of a small, midwest town, coupled with my tendency toward panic attacks lately. But a big part of our move here was to clean the entire house so that my friend Nancy could move in and not think we were total slobs.

I didn't take many pictures because I don't even want to bother with the before-and-after thing. But I did take this very cute picture of my mom, who drove all the way up from Eugene for the sole purpose of helping me clean.

I gave her the worst job, which was to clean the carpet in the cat room (though she claimed to enjoy it and definitely has experience getting pet stains out of carpets) while I cleaned Josh's shower (and nearly passed out from the bleach fumes). I know that when I get back to my house in a year (depressed sigh) things will be dusty and dirty again, but at least I didn't leave it as a complete disaster. Plus, I am really lucky to have a mom who loves me enough to drive 4 hours (round trip) to come clean my carpet.