My therapist insists I’m not lazy
But she hasn’t seen my corner cabinet
It’s been organized, I swear
But the Tupperware –
which is actually Chinese Food containers mostly –
It just falls wherever it wants,
also do you expect me to lift the smaller ones to put the larger ones underneath
every
time?
It’s a Lazy Susan cabinet
which what the heck
lazy is in it’s name
I wonder what Susan’s therapist thinks about that
This morning
every morning
when I walked into the kitchen, I saw
Lazy Susan
had swung open
Not only does she drop my lids into her abyss
She also can’t stay closed to save her life
Or maybe I didn’t close her last night
And I wondered if my cabinet is trying to teach me something
like patience
or patience adjacent
like perseverance
determination
or maybe not to keep all the Chinese Food leftover containers
or maybe to stop overthinking, you’re thinking
Don’t get me started on my bottom drawer
The baking drawer
Where cocoa powder spilled
I think a year ago
Luckily, I don’t have time for baking anymore
On a Thought 
Your cabinet sounds like my one drawer. I swear I close it but it has a mind of its own. Or maybe it’s because I tried to put one too many containers into it. But where else am I supposed to put them?
Right? If I think too hard about it I decide that the only answer is to completely redo the kitchen. Like tear it out. But alas, I have not won the lottery yet.
I love this post! I also have a lazy susan that won’t stay closed. I read a novel recently in which a character went on a cleaning spree (because she was angry and had excess energy) and reorganized the Tupperware because, “everyone knows Tupperware never stays organized.”
I’m glad I’m not alone!
What a joyful story that had me thinking of my own cabinet abyss. And you nailed it with ‘Lazy’ Susan. haha
Using personlification works so well in this slice!!
Fav live: I wonder what Susan’s therapist thinks about that
Your slice today made me laugh!! Thanks!!
I love reading your posts where its in a flow-y poem form. For whatever reason, that helps my brain pay more attention to what you have written.
If it helps, a few years ago I once yelled at my amazing husband that the lids for the containers were CIRCLES AND SQUARES, and had different spots in the deep drawer where we keep them. It’s the ONLY way I can keep them organized at all!
Thank you! This is what I needed to hear after the comment this morning from my 18 year old. He looked at me as only an 18 year old can and said “Wow. Anything can be called a poem these days, huh?” HAHAHAHAH UGH.
LOL! I love that you call your lazy Susan Lazy Susan. It personifies her. I stick lids in a plastic crate/bin under the sink to avoid the scavenger hunt for the lost lid I need. I wish the hidden pantry trend had arrived in the 90s. I have a corner pantry. It’s the black hole of the kitchen. And about that cleaning: I’m waiting on my husband to take the initiative.
Such a fun post – and a reassuring one!!
Your cabinet has quite the personality! The personification in this piece was spot on.
You had me cracking up with “it’s in the name” and “patience adjacent.” 🙂