Well, I haven’t been blogging, even though I said I would. Sigh. I have to admit that I’m feeling rather stuck about it—I do want to have written those entries; I just don’t want to write them.

I have, however, been cleaning. Inspired first by Liz’s post, then by Rebecca’s, I’ve been on a bit of a clutter-reduction bender. Right now the house is in the worse-before-it-gets-better stage, and I’m feeling rather overwhelmed about it. Making it all the more troubling is that I realize that I keep cleaning to avoid the even more overwhelming tasks of (a) finishing a proofreading project and (b) preparing for our trip to Japan. Oh dear.

Meanwhile, Simon has a cold (and an ear infection) and has been going through Kleenex like it’s going out of style: