explanation of this photo:

we decorated our suite today! no photos at the moment because it’s not completely finished yet. lauren and lindsey are really super creative and painted like a huge beach mural thing in our hallway — it’s amazing. so our hallway is beach themed and our common room theme is “old hollywood” and we bought a bajillion black and white posters of actors and such. super cute.

the moral of the story is that i think the OCD i have developed over the past few years is getting kind of noticeable. i spend about 15 minutes in the morning tidying up the suite, and before i go to bed i do likewise. i take out the garbage, clean up trash, collect a lost and found, arrange the pillows, tidy the bath room, and just straighten up in general. i didn’t think anyone really knew, but they somehow have figured it out. when i came downstairs from hanging out in the suite upstairs, they made me promise before i went in that i wouldn’t clean at all tonight. you see, whilst painting the murals, lauren and lindsey managed to paint the floor as well. plus there were scraps of paper everywhere. and all the furniture and rugs were askew. basically, it was a disaster zone. while i stood in the doorway, apparently looking horrified, megan lightened the mood by writing the above message on the floor by my feet.

and i mostly stayed true to my word! (i just helped a little tiny bit with the scrubbing, and i still did my 15-minute tidy up before i got ready for bed.)

this weekend has been dubbed, “hey everyone, it’s time to clean the maszerowski house!”: the weekend that turned into more than a weekend.

so far we have completely cleaned the living room. i vacuumed, curls dusted, and before you knew it, our living room had become bizarro world, for my mom thought it would be nice to change the furniture around. and since our couch is L-shaped, there are only two ways it can fit, so everything is now exactly opposite. i don’t like it, but my mom says we’ll get used to it.

the reason for all this cleaning? my graduation party next sunday. we have so friggin’ much to do, it’s making me think it would have been better not having a party at all (but it’s too late for that). i hate parties anyway. i hate going to them, and i hate having them. bah.

anyone have any party ideas? decorations? food? activities?