NMR 1:10

It is perhaps sad that on day 10 of my first new month resolution I almost caved.

This month's resolution is never to leave a dirty dish in the sink when I go to bed at night. Perhaps for most people this is intuitive, but for me.....dishes sometimes spend the night (or occasionally two) hanging out in the sink. It's bad, I know. So in keeping with my manageable NMR goal, I figured an easy and simple start would be to do the dishes every night. What doesn't fit in the dishwasher gets hand washed.

I've been doing okay the last week. Because I don't cook (a more lofty NMR for the future), we never have huge amounts of dishes. It only takes a few minutes for me to get the dishes done on any given night (after Little Bug is in bed, of course), and I really like the satisfaction of starting an evening dinner with a clean sink.

But last night it just didn't happen, for whatever reason. I was working late after the boys had gone to bed and as I got up to turn out the lights I saw the sink.

Full of dishes.

At 11:50.

And I turned off the lights and started to walk upstairs. I mean, one day off wouldn't hurt me. But I managed to guilt myself into turning around, turning back on the lights, and loading the dishwasher just before Midnight. It may seem ridiculously small, but I am a lover of taking the easy way out, so this was a new one for me.

Of course, I forgot to actually turn the dishwasher on last night, but I'm still counting it as a win.