Calling all clothes folders*

*clothes folder (noun) = a person who
a) loves to fold clothes and organize closets
b) is forced to fold clothes
c)combination of a) and b)
Plural : clothes folders
Antonym : Closet junkie
If anyone knows of a better term for describing this job function, pliss to enlighten the mint, in addition to offering the said service!(please).

Give me cooking, mopping, dishes, gardening, reading, arts/crafts work.........ANYTHING, just about anything...thats A-OK. But folding clothes and organizing my own closet is just not me! Forget asking me to sort and fold clothes for some one else's closet. I have a couple of friends who love this chore. Visits to their home cannot be complete without a closet tour. They will, with great pride and pleasure, show you around and point at the neatly folded sweaters, tops, skirts, jeans, trousers(ALL color coordinated, every time, ALL the time). Yes, talk about developing a huge frikking complex.

So lets retro back to the time of my move(yes, I said it! I am willing to bring back the word "move" into daily usage henceforth, thank god!). The packing went on for weeks, so by the time of the move and unpacking/setting up, I was SO done! Come Mom to the rescue. We divvied up the unpacking into 4 major categories- kitchen, closet, books and office/study. I dumped kitchen and closet on the mater and retired to the quiet solitude of the basement to work on the other two-books and office/study. I emerged two nights later to declare that I was all done. Amma meanwhile, had finished the kitchen in a flurry and was chugging along merrily with the closet!

See, she belongs to the category that doesnt have a problem with folding and organizing clothes . I can visualize the scene, as I write this, she would peer at this post of mine with her myopic eyes and mutter "She needs to buy less clothes, ha! that'll be a start to not having this problem in the first place!" , catergorically stating the obvious, in her usual dulcet sarcastic tone. Ma, lets not go there, FOR NOW!

After an expedition to BBB(Bed, bath and beyond ) where she armed herself with a plethora of hangers and closet organizers (trust me, they have invented every kind possible in the name of "organizer"), she slogged for about 3 days and at the end of it, had spectacular results to show. Never have I witnessed such a scene before. I was introduced to my new and improved closet with neatly folded tops, skirts and trousers draped in hangers, a drawer for scarves, another for belts, one for socks. Lord! The gates to organizing heaven are so near, yet so far!

And like icing on a cake, whipped cream over strawberries, cherry over icecream- for the next few weeks she religiously wafted into my room after I had left for work, tidied up the bed and cleared out the previous day's clothes that had been shed in various strategic locations around. A sheepish grin would descend on my face when I'd sneak back in after pretending to leave for work and catching Mom in the act...the clean up act.

Bah, its been 3 weeks since she left....yes you bet! There's 3 weeks worth of clothes piled up in my room, right about now.

Conclusion : The need of the hour is for clothes folders.

Footnote(s) - Today happens to be NN's birthday. Many happy returns NN. May you live long and work on many "wireless" innovations. Pliss to ensure that they work well and engage your generous nature to donate some of them beauties to old friends(Note, I didnt say donate them old beauties to friends, I dont want any of outdated geek crap!, thank you!).

- TGIF to all!