remind me again why I decided this was a necessary chore

[edenfalling]

My back porch is now 3/4 clean, go me? In related news, my wrists hate me and I am drenched in sweat.

Pro tip: energy-intensive cleaning is not the best thing to do outdoors in ~80F weather with "yeah, it might rain any minute" humidity levels.

*drinks water*

*melts*

Comments

[mme_hardy]

Owwwwwwwwww. I hope you have things you really, really want to do or put on the porch? That way, at least you have something to look forward to other than "task done".

[edenfalling]

I am trying to remove years of ingrained filth and green gunk, both because I would like to not have the porch rot and fall to pieces (my back door would immediately become unusable, for one thing, since it's like... four feet above the ground? ish?) and because I want a clean surface before I spray squirrel-be-gone to protect the peppers that I will then move outdoors.

Actually, that reminds me. I should mention to Landlord Dude that the porch could use a couple new boards to replace the handful that have gone all splintery-ragged, and a coat of protective stain or something to make the still intact boards last longer. Cleaning is on me as the tenant, but structural maintenance issues are really his responsibility.