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A dirty situation
Apr. 16th, 2006 09:46 pmRuss and I picked up a deep freeze from my parents. I was perversely pleased to find that it was dirty when we picked it up.
It wasn't disgusting; it just showed signs of having been well-used, then emptied, defrosted and left without being wiped down. It took me about 45 minutes to wipe the drip marks off the outside, get the dust and stains off the inside, and get the vinyl seal de-stickied.
I had honestly been expecting to pick up the deep freeze in near showroom condition – pristine and sterile, showing only the minor dents and marks of long years of service.
If you bring my mother a cake in a disposable dome, she will wash it before you leave, in case you want to take it home with you. If you lend my mother your vehicle, it will come back cleaner, inside and out, then when it left. When I stay over at my parents' place, my mother always makes sure there are fresh sheets on the bed and fresh towels in the bathroom, even though I know where all those things are and I am perfectly willing to make my own bed.
I am looking for meaning in the dirty freezer. Maybe it means that she trusts me to take care of myself. The stained freezer is a symbol that she sees me as an adult, capable of doing my own cleaning and of caring for myself and my partner.
Or, maybe it just means that she didn't realize it was dirty until it was too late to clean it. There's a pretty good chance that she had intended to clean it right after it defrosted, and it just slipped her mind.
Never mind: I want to pretend that it's all about me.
It wasn't disgusting; it just showed signs of having been well-used, then emptied, defrosted and left without being wiped down. It took me about 45 minutes to wipe the drip marks off the outside, get the dust and stains off the inside, and get the vinyl seal de-stickied.
I had honestly been expecting to pick up the deep freeze in near showroom condition – pristine and sterile, showing only the minor dents and marks of long years of service.
If you bring my mother a cake in a disposable dome, she will wash it before you leave, in case you want to take it home with you. If you lend my mother your vehicle, it will come back cleaner, inside and out, then when it left. When I stay over at my parents' place, my mother always makes sure there are fresh sheets on the bed and fresh towels in the bathroom, even though I know where all those things are and I am perfectly willing to make my own bed.
I am looking for meaning in the dirty freezer. Maybe it means that she trusts me to take care of myself. The stained freezer is a symbol that she sees me as an adult, capable of doing my own cleaning and of caring for myself and my partner.
Or, maybe it just means that she didn't realize it was dirty until it was too late to clean it. There's a pretty good chance that she had intended to clean it right after it defrosted, and it just slipped her mind.
Never mind: I want to pretend that it's all about me.
