Wake up!!!

This blog is addressed to ANYONE who has, will or is currently living with someone. Regardless if it is a spouse, significant other, parents or siblings but primarily if that other person is a FEMALE,
this is a reminder that just like you, your "room mate" works at a job and/or goes to school and/or does something outside the home at least 8 hours a day, five days or more a week. I typically work outside the home over 40 hours a week. The key phrase here is OUTSIDE the home. I then work my other job as soon as I step foot in my house and I work this other job seven days a week, 365 days a year, 52 weeks a year, 24 hours a day when I'm not at my job outside the home-do you get where I'm going with this? (I also work two other part time jobs, coaching and the newspaper as well. Or and there is some of the yard work and snow removal that I do too.)

I've came to the conclusion that some people in this world do not know the  following (or have forgotten)-so READ and LEARN or please take note for future reference-(if) you need it-Learn this while you're young:

-where milk comes from or where to go BUY some more without being told. It is found at a place called the grocery store, in the refrigerator section-near the beer. Buy 2 gallons so you don't run out so quick. It's that E-A-S-Y! Yes!!!!
-HOW to change a toilet paper roll or where to purchase more-as it must magically appear as soon as we run low-the TP fairy drops it down the chimney! (I wish). TP is usually located not too far away from the milk section at the grocery store. When the roll is empty change it. Oh and by the way if the toilet needs to be cleaned just do it! You can find what you need to clean it very close by usually. Just do it!! Surprise your room mate and be considerate.
-If you use it up- write it down on a grocery list so more can be bought. Telling someone who is doing a half-dozen other things is not always a sure fire way to deal with this situation, and it may not be remembered. Ask if there is a grocery list. This is not hard as most 1st graders know how to read and write. Or get what you used up-replacing it and be an all-star room mate!!!
-Wash your dishes/ rinse them so we do not start an ant farm or some other kind of nasty bug infestation or worse yet the place STINKS. It does not take a degree in engineering to figure this out. I was "helping" wash dishes when I was 4 years old (yes it was mainly to play in the water but regardless it taught me how.) Just WASH them and put them away either after drying them or after they air dry, meaning within an hour-don't live out of your dish drainer-yuck.
-If you make a mess clean it up! If you are going to let things soak, then do so for 20 minutes, go back and clean up. Letting things "soak" or I'll clean it up later which is still a mess 3-days later is not good-it's gross and rude and a sure fire way to make your "room mate" unhappy.  Just clean up after yourself. 
-When the garbage is full or worse SMELLS- take it out!!! It does not magically only get full on garbage day-good grief. It's good weight lifting too.
-if it belongs to you or you put it down or drop it- PICK IT UP and here's a tough one...PUT IT AWAY.
-there are two neat gadgets that you need to get acquainted with, one is called the washing machine and the other equally cool one is called a dryer. These are used to wash YOUR clothes in and dry them. They too do not magically wash, dry, fold, make their way up the stairs or put themselves away. If you wear it you wash it or at least help out.
-Think about what is on the bottom of your shoes-ya know all the crap that you step in/on outside the house? Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Well when you walk around the house with your shoes on you bring that crap INSIDE. TAKE OFF your shoes and put them on as you are leaving. It is not a hard concept just think about the shit you are dragging in and guess what it means---- more cleaning when you do this kind of crap. 
--I've yet to see a self cleaning house. Vacuum/sweep/dust/clean a toilet/clean a sink (any of these) just once in a while and do it just because, not because someone is coming over or your "room mate" is pissed because you've done nothing but watch tv and sit on your butt for the past 8 hours while she has ran around like a nut trying to get things done. Or better yet, make it a habit! Things routinely get cleaned probably on a weekly basis by the other person who does not get to come home every evening, sit, have a meal cooked for them and then cleaned up and put away, even on those days when they don't feel like it-they still do it. They also probably are doing a host of other things while cooking like cleaning, laundry and taking care of other household chores too numerous to mention. You help make it dirty, help keep it clean.
-If you are the last one eating put the food away and wash your dishes. Food sitting out all night is no longer good for consumption. Nothing puts me in a happy mood than having to come back and put food away 4 hours after I made it or doing supper dishes the next morning because I cleaned up the night before but it was too much work for someone to get things out to the kitchen when things are being cleaned up.) That's just a dandy way to end or start my day-NOT.
-Think about guests when you have them-if you are eating or drinking something then ask and offer your guest a drink or food...it's just damn rude to eat in front of guests without offering and asking them first. Have a little decorum and manners. And finally don't just walk off and go to bed when you have guests-were you born in a barn? Plain and simple manners.

This is just my advice to you in plain and simple terms: WAKE the heck up!!  I mean this in a kind way but come on. We are not living in the 1900's where the women did everything in the home BUT did not work outside the home-home was their work. Yes I know very well it is stressful to work and go to school and there are a ton of demands -we all have it, but you live in the house/apartment/condo/hut/tent too-do your share. If everyone does their part, helps out and is responsible then life can be enjoyed not spent working or living in your work 24/7. It is not fun to have your feet hit the floor every morning and you are immediately at work. Or to have every day going from one job to another with little or no help.

If I've heard my father in-law say it once, I've heard him say it several dozen times, that he did not realize all the work his wife did at home after she worked outside the home all day for years and while raising kids. It now takes several adults to keep that house some what operational-she worked her butt off, and now after she is gone, it is noticed-sad. 

Okay, I'm done with my tirade but take this as friendly advice, life at home is a lot better if you just do your share and be an active room mate rather than acting like a lazy, rude guest.

Positive thought of the day: More like advice-be a good room mate, go pick up or vacuum, take out the garbage or do the dishes for your "room mate" -life will be a lot better for both of you.