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Cleaning the apartment, an ordered list

1. Remove all the books off the bookshelf.
2. Swivel the bookshelf 90 degrees to access the Box Room
3. Take the air conditioner out of the Box Room and lug it across the apartment.
4. Put the air conditioner in the bedroom window, worry that it will fall out the back.
5. Realize the window fillers that come with the air conditioner are too big to fill the space between the window frame and the air conditioner.
6. Remember that last year you had to use the curtain to fill in the space between the A/C and the window frame, and repeat.
7. Plug in the A/C and start closing up windows.
8. Notice when you close the window in the living room that the Christmas tree is still up. I have tunnel vision, okay? If it’s not directly in the way of what I want to do, I’m not going to notice it.
9. Take the Christmas tree down and put it in the Box Room.
10. Take the grill, grill tongs, meat thermometer/grill fork, charcoal, and fire extinguisher out of the Box Room.
11. Put all the cat furniture into the Box Room.
12. Put the luggage in the Box Room.
13. Turn the bookshelf 90 degrees back in front of the Box Room, then reload all the books.
14. Start to care that the books aren’t in the same order they were in before, but then realize that you don’t.
15. Strip down and enjoy naked A/C for a few minutes, before it’s time to go back to work.