I hate the dressers in my daughters' room. I hate them not for the color of their finish, but for the content of their drawers.
"Sometimes, daddy likes us to match!"
I have previously admitted that I am not the most clean or organized person in the world. There are almost no symptoms of OCD that you could claim I have. The current state of the interior of my car can attest to this fact, as would the pile of clean clothes that I keep moving back and forth from the bed during the day to the empty hamper at night.
One of the few things that I do keep at least semi-organized is my dresser. I do this not out of some sort of need for universal order. "In a world gone mad, wracked by chaos, one man has the courage to fold his underwear and put them where they belong!" (I hope you read that in a movie announcer voice.) I do it, I think, mostly because during the school year, I get up much earlier than Sara and I don't want to wake her by hunting for my clothes in the dark.
Sure, we'll go with that because it makes me seem nice...
The point is, I know where my clothes are. My current dresser has three drawers and is organized in the following way:
Top Drawer: Black/gray/white t-shirts, underwear, socks
Middle Drawer: Pants, sweaters/sweater vests
Bottom Drawer: Shorts, t-shirts with designs, pajamas, workout clothes
I also have a closet for the shirts that I hang and two drawers under my bed for random other clothes that I wear infrequently, like hoodies and sweatshirts.
I think there is an order to the dressers in the girls' room, but I can't tell what it is and last week, I am ashamed to admit, I had a full-blown OCD meltdown.
Since I ranted at my poor wife, who is, as always will remain, my hero, for much longer than was fair, I will only saw one thing in my own defense: As a stay-at-home-dad for the summer, I find it overly-frustrating that I am unable to discern any order from the dresser drawers and therefore must spend 20 minutes searching through onesies, pants and tops just to find a matching, weather-appropriate outfit.
"But, your honor, these drawers...they don't make sense!"
"Agreed. I hereby dissolve this marriage on the grounds of incompatible drawer organization styles."
Post-hissy-fit, when we were organizing the drawers, as per the orders of the marriage counselor, Sara gave semi-explanations as to why the clothes were where they were. Now, having calmed down, I can admit that there was a logic to it.
But I am not a reasonable person. We haven't done Harper's drawers yet, but I think I will need some serious sedatives before we tackle those. I don't want to say things that I will regret.
I will simply end by saying this: Thank you so much to everyone who bought adorable outfits for the girls. They are incredibly cute (or they are in storage) and we are greatly appreciative to everyone. For now on, however, in lieu of clothing, donations can be made to the girls' college funds as those do not take up room in the dresser.
