Tidy up the apartment

Now that I have a day to myself, I decide the best way I can put it to good use would be to give the apartment a good clean.

Wall to wall, floor to ceiling, I was going to spend the day making this place really shine, and as much as I was doing this because it really needed it and I was sick of living in a mess, I also hoped it might win me some good will with Adam to try and get my clothes back.

I started with the dishes, washing every dish in the kitchen, drying them and putting them away. Then I did the rest of the kitchen, wiping, cleaning down benches, cupboards, taking out trash. In the space of an hour I had that kitchen sparkling from top to bottom.

Before and after:

Satisfied, I moved on to the living and dining room where I vacuumed, tidied, dusted and gave everything a good general clean up leaving the room looking better than I’ve ever seen it since we moved in.

After that came the bathroom, where I spent most of my time actually as this was one room that got really quite filthy and was not easy to clean but I got it up to scratch with a little elbow grease and a the magic of a whole bunch of chemicals.

The final two rooms I had to clean were our bedrooms. Mine was easy, done in less than half an hour as I kept it pretty clean and tidy anyway. Then I stepped into Adam’s room and realised I had my work cut out for me.

The first thing I did was pick up every item of dirty clothing and all the clothes off his floor and go put them on to wash. After that there wasn’t even many clothes left in the room. I then changed the sheets and put his old ones in the wash as well. I put all the stuff lying around the room away in their homes, at least I tried to - some of this stuff I don’t think Adam even had a home for, other than his floor. Then I came in with a trash bag to get rid of all the rubbish lying around the room, doing my best not to hurl in the process. Finally I gave the floors a good vacuum, washed down the walls and surfaces and dusted everything else. By then his clothes were out of the dryer and so I folded and put everything away for him where they belonged. By the time I was done it was like my brother had a whole new room he wouldn’t recognise.

Before and after:

I was very proud of my work that day and had just finished the last of my cleaning and had the apartment spotless, and had just sat down on the couch to relax and enjoy the fruits of my labour when I heard the familiar sound of the door being unlocked. I looked up at the time, surprised how quickly the day had gone by.