Dear Zoo,
I know that you currently feel unloved and unappreciated considering your current state of dishevelment. Please know that it is not that I don't care for you. I just have had to choose between upkeep and Heathens. Unfortunately for you, the Heathens have won.
The semester is almost at an end and I will have a chance to get you "caught up" and clean. Discarded objects will no longer clutter every horizontal surface. Dishes will no longer be stacked on the counter. Floors will be vacuumed and shelves will be dusted. Laundry will be gathered up and the floor will no longer be home to randomly discarded socks and shoes.
Belongings will get tidied up and put back in their places. Papers will be organized and filed away or discarded - not placed in stacks to be dealt with "later."
Until then, please bear with me, Zoo. I do love you - you house my Heathens so well and give us a safe place to call HOME. But this semester has been a rough one. I'll admit to hardly keeping my head above water on many days.
I know you understand my need to choose the Heathens first. With the oldest Heathen so close to leaving, that need is even greater because I can see the change growing closer.
Zoo, your time to shine will come soon enough. Until then, please be polite to the dust bunnies. (I hear they can be rather friendly.)
Love Always,
The Zookeeper
