Dear Housemates,

I realize that you do not read this blog, or even know about it, which is why I am comfortable in writing this here. I suppose I should begin by thanking you. I really do appreciate that you are beginning to make more of an effort to keep the house clean. It is always nice when I walk into the kitchen and do not find crumbs, splatters, and bits of dried cheese covering the counters and floor, for you must know that I don't really like cleaning up after you whenever I wish to make myself some dinner. This has been such a wonderful improvement to our living arrangement here. It is also very kind of you to put my dishes away for me when you wish to reload the dishwasher right away. It is a great help, so I bite my tongue and say nothing about the way you intermingle large plates with small, ignore the fact that the silverware is clearly organized into spoons, forks, and random knives, and can't seem to figure out that like objects should be kept together in general. If, however, you could not put away dishes that quite obviously didn't get clean, that would mean a lot to me. There is just something about pulling out a glass, nearly filling it, and then discovering that it is quite dirty that speaks of not-goodness. So, should you continue to help out around the house, which I love, if you could just keep this one little guideline in mind, things will flow all the more smoothly and I won't have twitching fits with my breakfast.

With love,
Jessica