It’s Monday, which has become Clean The House Day for me. I just finished. I started by cleaning myself in the shower — my hair was filthy. I got dressed. Drank coffee and ate breakfast.

Then I dusted everything, from light fixtures to picture frames. Started my laundry, made the bed. Cleaned and windexed the coffee table (it’s glass). Used the dustbuster to spot-vacuum the furniture and small mats. Used the bigass upright vac to clean the carpets. Swept floors, scooped litter box, brought trash and recycling cans up from the curb. Washed breakfast dishes, wiped counters and stove. Heated up lunch for Brian. What’s next: grocery shopping.

Brian is in the office, working. He got a new phone this weekend which he loves — he exchanged the Treo for a Blackberry. The new Treos force you to use Outlook, which he hates. So far the Blackberry seems pretty cool, and not only was it cheaper, it’s actually over two ounces lighter than his old phone.

I think the telecommuting transition has gone well. He is able to pretty much do everything he did before except for go out for coffee/lunch with his friends/underlings. They will have a chance to reconnect in two weeks. I’ll be here, doing lord knows what. Forcing myself to write, I hope. I should get my bike fixed and tuned by then so I can go riding.