Empty Nest Means CLEAN Bedrooms (Another Upside...)

Aleks and I spent the last 6 hours digging through clothes he's had since 6th grade, dumping school papers from junior high school, and re-discovering long-lost treasures. His (an Okarena whistle from his Zelda days) and mine (the slippers I bought him years ago that are still brand new). The dust bunnies were more like dust monsters, causing my asthma to kick up horribly. But it's done!

Six large black bags filled with items for charity and four large black bags filled with trash later, we are DONE! So now the messiest bedroom in the house is Tom's and my room. THAT is a first!

As you might remember, this was Aleks' room last week (month/year):

And this is his room tonight:

Permission is now granted for him to go to college!