Things I Won't Miss, Episode 2

This is the second installment of my new series called, "Things I Won't Miss", where I talk about all the different things that I won't miss once the girls go off to college in the fall. Please note, they themselves will never be on this list.

But this is.

A sink full of dirty dishes, none of which were dirtied by me. Every. Single. Day. Here is a typical scenario: I make dinner, Paul and I eat it but the girls are both at work. Or maybe one or both are home but just don't want what I made. So after dinner either Paul or I will clean up, then a few hours later one of the girls will get home from work and make herself something to eat. I always tell them to clean up and they say they will but they don't. But even if they do, right after that the other one will come home and make themselves something to eat. Same thing. One way or another, a bunch of dirty dishes gets left in the sink.

Another scenario is that they make a mess while I'm still at work, and with me not there to hound them they don't clean up, so when I get home and want to make dinner I first have to clean up their mess! Ugh...

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