New Deal on Dishes

As previously mentioned, Jooae is not a happy camper in her first trimester since the, mis-named, ‘morning’ sickness has taken over (please let it end after the 12th week). I am now in a very interesting position as the husband. Up to this point, we have always had a division of labor around the house. I took care of general cleaning and taking care of the trash while Jooae did the dishes. We both did cooking and laundry. Now the smell of food - even just the sink, sends her stomach into convulsions. So, we made a new labor contract. Since I have a flexible schedule, I told her if she could make it to work and back home, I will take care of everything else. Thus I have become cook, cleaner, laundryman, and everything else around the house. It is awesome. You may think I jest or that I have sold away my manhood, but this is simply not the case. I tell you, I have not been more productive in all areas of my life like I am now in awhile. Once you get a system down, you just roll with it. I think this is good training for when the baby comes which, I will assume, will be even harder (I guess stay tuned for a postpartum blog on that subject). Let me give an example of how this works. First. let’s just say Jooae and I are not the most organized folks. So, dishes and things stack up pretty easily. What I have discovered (and please don’t laugh at the common sense of this you neat-nicks) is that if you just do the dishes after each meal and wipe down the kitchen after each use, then cleaning is a breeze. In the same way, a quick spruce up around the house each day for a half hour helps control the clutter. Go figure. This concept has revolutionized my organizational abilities. Now I see what I can squeeze in in brief moments of time whether it is some cleaning, doing some work, or studying. I am more focused in all these areas as well. I am telling you, you don’t need Stephen Covey or any organizational gadgets, just get yourself a pregnant wife going through ‘morning’ sickness.