I feel like I'm in the same space, nadiahoney. I've been down with pnumonia the last few weeks and the antibiotics make me sleep all the time. Being a writer doesn't help. Everytime I feel things are sorted out, I turn around a few weeks later and have all sorts of things to file and I just feel overwhelmed by it all.

My room is the worst. If I go on a cleaning jag I know what will happen-I will do too much and and it will impede the healing process. So I have to constantly remind myself to take it easy and not push.

Maybe I am allowing this to have more importance than it should have. One of my favorite quotes is "A woman with a clean house has never been published.' I have a roommate, but he is gone most of the time and has never said a word about the state of disarray.

But if I clean up one area, it makes lots of other small mess's. My mother was an intense hoarder and I am terrified of being that person. I have some areas that are always neat and organized-my closet, my dressing table, the place where my research and writing books go-and I certainly operate better in an orderly environment.

Do you have any other suggesstions? Do you think I'm being too hard on myself and just need to give my body more time to heal? I was thinking that maybe if I just put each thing that I use back in it's place after using it, things will slowly sort themselves out. Any ideas?