Dylan's bedroom looks like this very often so I am used to it. The normal routine is that on occasion I venture downstairs, discover his bedroom is a mess, tell him to clean it up, he then cleans it up and the cycle is repeated. I think it's a pretty typical teenager/mom routine. The mess is not neccessarily the problem today. What's really bothering me is the EXCESS!
A closer look reveals sheer excess everywhere you look. Books and movies line shelves.
Change covers the desk.
A pen holder is knocked over revealing what 20-25 pens?
Baseball jersey's adorn this wall.
Golf shirts decorate the other with the shelf above showcasing several baseballs.
The hat collection outgrew this rack and continues in the closet.
The desk drawer is full of golf balls and fireworks with another large bin of golf balls sitting on the closet floor.
Not to mention the mounds of clothing, which I really can't figure out because we are not clothes hounds and I rarely buy clothing for Dylan anymore anyway.
Then there's all his hobbies with equiptment at various other locations outside of his bedroom: Baseball, golf, snowboarding, paintball, mountain biking, car stuff, camping, electronics etc.
This is a 17 year old kid who has more stuff than most people of older generations accumlated in a lifetime! I'm really feeling sick. All I can say is that the cleaning and dejunking starts now because at this rate I'll never get him completely out of here.
Now I understand why the last few boxes of my old stuff arrived at my new house just as soon as I got married. The last dusty box still sits in the basement 20 years and 4 moves later. Man I love my Opus penquin and juggling balls.
4 comments:
too funny. looks like someone's got their work cut out for them? good luck!
This looks exactly like our 15 year old's room.
Typical teenage room. It's crazy how we all tend to collect things. A good post to remind us to de-junk and maybe not purchase in the first place.
Could it possibly be the Opus I gave you in college? when you had your wisdom teeth out, right? I have a couple boxes of stuff in the attic that I can't give up either! :D
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