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Housework Suffers

Balancing motherhood with an extra effort to pay down debt can take its toll on how much housework I can get done sometimes. I don't know how some women do it.

I've yet to get up early to work on some freelance work like I had planned, but if I do get up early over the next couple of days, I think I'm going to spend the time cleaning. My house is not a sty, but I do have a lot of papers to go through, an inch of dust over everything and floors that could use a good vacuuming and/or mopping.

After I get these things out of the way, perhaps then I can concentrate on earning a little extra.

I have, however, done a little work toward earning money; I sorted through some of my freelance opportunities. Just sorting earns me nothing, though.
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