A Clean Room (Part 1)

Although I've always been one neat and tidy person, an everything in its place person, I was one never much bothered about dust. Dirt and tidiness are two entirely different things. Before you picture in your head, my room 2 inches under a layer of dust, think again. Sure, I clean my room once a week but only the floors. And the table tops and bookshelves when I see a layer of dust.

However, I only throughly clean my room - meaning spending hours throwing out stuff and wiping down furniture and books one by one when I have free time. Thus, it only happens during my holidays which occur every three months or so. Although I've been on vacation for almost a month already, I've never really cleaned my room throughly.

Today was different. I had a friend coming over and to tell you the truth, I've not changed the cushion covers of the couch in my room for a long long time. And I even can't remember the last time I sat on it; it was used for storage of my various posessions. So, after mopping the floors, I decided that it was time to do something about it. Its a funny thing because, once you start cleaning, it's hard to stop. After the couch, I progressed onto other surfaces in my room.

I was cleaning out my shelves and decided to discard a whole pile of brochures that I've been wanting to get rid of for a long time but never got to it. Guess what they were? American University brochures and application guides! I remember the day that I got them and it was the day that I actually decided to major in Environmental Science. The rest is history as they say. But, if it weren't for those brochures and the trip to the STAR Education Fair, I wouldn't be where I am right now. It's good to see yourself progressing onto different things in life.

Anyways, the time I spent cleaning my room might be the last few ones that I spend doing that. I wonder what'll happen to my room when I'm gone. Will it be used for storage? As a guest room?