Law Vs. Theory

I have a theory as to why my kitchen floor is rarely fully mopped. You see, I seem to think I can only mop if my kitchen itself is completely cleaned. My mother taught me to clean the floor last because what sense does it make to clean the floor, then wipe down the counters, do the dishes and drop crumbs and dishwater everywhere right? I realized, that I never seem to have a large enough block of uninterrupted time in which to clean and mop. So, I clean the kitchen, move on to something else that is pressing, and before I can return to the floor, the kitchen is filthy again. My theory therefore is that, my imaginary rules are just that--imaginary. I think that if I break that rule, and mop the floor of a filthy kitchen, my floor will still be cleaner, and my kitchen will be as clean as usual.

So today, I tested my theory. I shoved the kitchen table, with a few remaining breakfast dishes and all, over in the corner, rolled my full, clean dishwasher out of the way, cleared one half of my sink and filled it with mop water. I swept and mopped my floor. I did it! I no longer have to clean before mopping (reminds me of the moment I discovered that as an adult, I can turn on the A/C and roll my window down if I so choose). It felt good to have just gotten it done . . . until Murphy showed up.

Not 5 minutes after finishing drying my clean floor, I walked past that kitchen table in the corner and accidentally knocked a half-full cup of apple juice off the table, spilling it all over my clean floor.

My Theory, zip; Murphy's Law, point and game.