cleaning mood.. hits right before bedtime!

United States
August 22, 2010 8:19pm CST
Does that ever happen to you? Last night I was getting ready to go to bed. I wiped off a shelf real quick and this cleaning mood tried to sit in! I was like, no way! I'm going to bed. Hopefully it will come back to haunt me at some decent hour during the day time real soon!! have you ever got hit with a cleaning mood right before you have to do something else...?
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@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
23 Aug 10
I am very lazy at cleaning he house. I tried to put everything in order and return them they way they are, so I only have to wipe the dust in between the stuffs. I did sometimes got hit by this cleaning mood, but normally when it is day time and I am really get bored with no one to chat, no friend to hang around, no more un-read books, no more good movies to watch, no more discussions to reply... the list is ever a long one... basically I clean maybe once in several months.
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• United States
23 Aug 10
I don't have too many of those times. I am pretty well busy all through the day so maybe that's why it hits at night... it's the only time I can...
• Philippines
23 Aug 10
I get struck by strange moods too whenever i'm about to sleep. These moods include watching tv, playing video games, watching movies and others.
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• United States
23 Aug 10
Yeah, see... it's like it's a "i'm gonna steal your sleep" demon or something! I wish it would kick in at another time! lol!
@lulu1220 (1006)
• United States
23 Aug 10
Yes that has happened to me. I start cleaning up and I keep doing it no matter how late it is. I can honestly say that I am about to go to bed and I have no intention of cleaning tonight!
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• United States
23 Aug 10
i wish it would kick in when I am awake and have lots more energy! lol!.. but I am not sure when that would be really!
@picjim (3002)
• India
23 Aug 10
I always clean on the days i'm free.Normally i do it on a holiday.I make sure i don't have work or other activities before beginning cleaning.Its only when i have a holiday that i can clean without being bothered about other works to be completed.
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• United States
23 Aug 10
i am going to have to schedule a day just for cleaning before too long! But then there are those times when you go to get something out of a drawer or closet and it just gets on your nerves.. it hits and you do a quick clean on the spot!lol
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
23 Aug 10
Yes, this happens to me all the time--I see a counter that needs to be cleaned, or a spill, or a pile of laundry, just as I am about to go to sleep, go out, make breakfast, or whatever, and I go into a cleaning frenzy! I get so distracted that I end up postponing what I was supposed to be doing, especially if it going to sleep. At least one of my sons has apparently inherited the same trait--one night, he came into my room at 11:30 pm, announced he was cleaning his room, and straightened up his whole room until well after midnight! He said he couldn't get to sleep because his room was messy. Of course I got up to help him, but he did most of it himself. I only wish he (and I) would be so diligent about cleaning at, say, 9:00 am!
• United States
23 Aug 10
lol! I hear ya! My problem is I am so busy during the daytime that it is almost as inconvenient when it hits during daylight as well!
@deve_annrn (1856)
• Philippines
23 Aug 10
Haha.., How your sits in an appropriate time of the day.., But it happened to me too.., I have this tendency where in if I start doing something.., I would want to do it all the way.., Like If i wash my clothes after weeks of piling them in the wee hour of the morning.., I don't stop until I'm done.., regardless of how sleepy I am.., I can't explain why though..=)
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• United States
23 Aug 10
Yeah, that's why I try to stay a little more organized most of the time so that I don't get these weird times when something like this hits!! It's such an inopportune time!
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
23 Aug 10
Yes I have, and usually that is when I want to clean. Like I got in a cleaning mood not too long ago, but well I need to sleep, and hubby's asleep so I don't want to disturb him. I"ll just have to clean tonight when he goes to work!
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
23 Aug 10
Hi, macdingolinger. Yes, many times, I have been in the cleaning mood. I would be so energetic that I would start cleaning this and cleaning that. I love cleaning when I have the energy. A lot gets done when I do clean.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
23 Aug 10
sometimes it does.. sometimes if i decide to throw our thrash and i see some dirt close by, i would start cleaning that and next thing i know, i'm changing my bedsheet, scrubbing our lavatory, brushing our tiles and all that.. but it make me feel good after though.. seeing it clean before going to sleep. yeah, it usually happen before i go to sleep too..
• Philippines
24 Aug 10
Always. I don't clean that much. But when the mood comes. Oh no, I'll be doing this, I'll be doing that. Sometimes, I just took a bath, I don't want to get dirty again. I really hate such moods, why can't they just come when I am free.
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
23 Aug 10
For me i eat when i am sad, eat when i lonely,eat when i am happy . I little bit messy and dirty, i don clean but once while will do a overall cleaning,just take a big plastic bag and start filling it with rubbish, then wet the toilet and start spilling loads of washing powder on the floor wall toilet bowls and start scrubbing and such.Sometime it better to throw stuffs away rather than horde rubbish.
@2004cqui (2812)
• United States
23 Aug 10
Oh man, you got it bad. I just keep the house clean. When I'm sick and can't do anything, that's when stuff bugs me but....... I used to clean more but my hubby drives me nuts when I do. He thinks he's "helping" when he suggests I do something more or thinks I've missed (a spot). He will clean and do it very well, but I always go behind him when hes not looking. He "thinks" he did it all. Hahahaha.
• United States
24 Aug 10
I too will get in a cleaning mood at bed time. I end up starting a load of laundry and doing a load of dishes before I go back and get in bed. My hubby will say that he thought I was coming back to bed. I tell him that I was but I got sidetracked. Now I will have laundry to put in the dryer in the morning and then the dishes dry overnight.
• United States
23 Aug 10
I have terrible insomnia, and this happens to me often. I haven't slept in about 3 days so far, and the house is sparkly clean. I laid down to fall asleep last night, but decided that I couldn't possibly until the floors were vacuumed. So, I vacuumed the floors, picked up the house some more, cleaned the kitchen and washed the dishes. I stopped myself before washing the windows and mirrors :) No, I'm not pregnant and nesting. Just entirely restless.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
23 Aug 10
I had a cleaning mood strike me as I was falling asleep last night... but I'm not talking about dusting or anything.. I'm talking I wanted to rearrange my house, fix some shelves, clean out the shed and remove all the junk in there! I may still do that today since we have no other plans.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
23 Aug 10
I try not to let this happen to me. it usually ends up in a job i am not completely satisfied with. Cleaning can just wait until the next day. Whatever needs cleaning will still be there waiting for me.