Cleaning the apartment

It has been said by many people that I am anal and clean too often.  Just because I have been known to clean out the inside of a washing machine does not mean I am anal, per se.  And so what if I vacuum twice per week and wipe down the bathroom almost everyday, that's just who I am!  Anyway, today I did a lot of cleaning in the apartment.  Call it spring cleaning, call it boredom, call it too much cat hair everywhere, call it what you like.  In the end, the apartment was clean and I was pooped.  Who knew it took so much energy cleaning the inside and outside of all the windows, window sills and banisters in front of the windows.  Anyway, after all that I had some energy left and decided to go running.  The weather here has been amazing for over a week.  After living in Chicago for so many years it is nice to see spring again :)  I finished my last book and am not reading a new book called Commonwealth by Joey Goebel.  Carsten just finished it and seemed to really like it.  It is not a murder mystery, which is what I like, or an autobiography, my other favorite.  Instead, it is a look at Middle America.  I have only read the first chapter and already it reminds me of my hometown, Barbaboo, WI.